Flowering Cherry

The Flowering Cherry is a 1958 play written by Robert Bolt.

The play was performed on Broadway in 1959.[1]

Adaptations

The play was adapted for British television in 1963.[2]

1963 Australian TV adaptation

Flowering Cherry
Directed by Colin Dean
Produced by Colin Dean
Written by Noel Robinson
Based on play by Robert Bolt
Starring Grant Taylor
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 13 February 1963
Running time
 75 mins
Country Australia

It was filmed for Australian TV in 1963, directed by Colin Dean and starring Grant Taylor, Peter Adams, Don Pascoe, Elizabeth Ferris, Margo Lee, Frank Taylor and Rosalind Seagrave.

It was the first drama to be simultaneously presented in Sydney and Melbourne via coaxial cable.[3][4][5]

Cast

  • Grant Taylor as Mr Cherry
  • Margo Lee as Mrs Cherry
  • Rosalind Seagrave as Taylor's daughter
  • Frank Taylor
  • Elizabeth Ferris
  • Don Pascoe
  • Peter Adams as Taylor's son

Reception

The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald thought "Grant Taylor was well in command" of his role but that Colin Dean's production "was rather too crowded."[6] Val Marshall of the same paper called it "a first rate production" in which Taylor and Lee were "brilliant".[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BroadwayWorld.com – The Flowering Cherry".
  2. ↑ "imdb.com - Flowering Cherry (1963)".
  3. ↑ The Flowering Cherry at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. ↑ "PLAY STAR". The Canberra Times. 13 February 1963. p. 25. Retrieved 9 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Live Drama On Wednesday". The Canberra Times. 11 February 1963. p. 20. Retrieved 9 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Drama Review Bolt Play On Channel 2". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 1963. p. 7.
  7. ↑ Marshall, Valda (17 February 1963). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 66.


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