One Morning Near Troodos

One Morning Near Troodos (1956) was a British TV play by Iain MacCormick which aired on the BBC as part of Sunday Night Theatre. It was the first British TV play about the Cyprus Emergency.[1][2]

Plot

A journalist in Cyprus is captured by EOKA guerillas. British troops track down the guerrillas and the journalist leads them into a rebel ambush.

1959 Australian Version

One Morning Near Troodos
Directed by William Sterling
Based on play by Iain MacCormick
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 25 March 1959 (Melbourne) (live)
8 April 1959 (Sydney) (recording)
Running time
 90 mins
Country Australia
Language English

Iain MacCormick was Australian and a number of his plays, originally written for British TV, were adapted for Australian television. The play was performed live on Australian TV in 1959 with a cast of fifteen.[3][4]

Cast

  • Carol Armstrong
  • Edward Brayshaw
  • Syd Conabere
  • Lloyd Cunnington
  • Frank Gatliff
  • Judith Godden
  • Ken Goodlet
  • Edward Howell
  • Robert Peach

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jonathan Stubbs, ‘Always ready to explode into violence!’ Representing the Cyprus Emergency and decolonization in The High Bright Sun (1965) Journal of European Popular Culture Vol 6 Issue 2 2015
  2. ↑ "Iain MacCormick". British Television Drama.
  3. ↑ The Age, April 30, 1959 p25
  4. ↑ "Drama Set in Cyprus". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 April 1959. p. 19.
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