The Angry General

The Angry General
Directed by Patrick Barton
Written by Alan Trevor
Starring Campbell Copelin
Production
company
ABC
Release date
 1964
Country Australia
Language English

The Angry General is a 1964 Australian TV play written by Australian author Alan Trevor.[1][2]

Plot

Set in London in the present day. Former wartime minister, Lord Athol Medway, publishes his memoirs attacking the leadership of Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt' in the war.[3]

Cast

  • Raymond Westwell as Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt
  • Edward Howell as Lord Athol Medway
  • Williams Lloyd as Sir Geoffrey Bryson
  • Norman Kaye as Major Derek Barrington-Hunt
  • Joan Letch as Jane Barrington-Hunt
  • Dorothy Bradley as Elizabeth Barrington-Hunt
  • Joan MacArthur as Miriam Barrington-Hunt
  • Campbell Copelin as Gen George Chaesling
  • Douglas Kelly as Dobson
  • Kenric Hudson as Dickie
  • Raymond O'Reilly as Hodge
  • Neville Thurgood as Benbow
  • Christine Caclutt as sister

Reception

The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald thought that "eespite a liberal sprinkling of cliches and a pattern of stilted patches in its dialogue" the play "maintained a high degree of tension... Two major merits distinguished it. One was the originality of its theme, and the other a consistently capable standard of acting."[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Training For The Showring". The Canberra Times. 38, (10, 820). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 April 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "New series on 3". The Canberra Times. 41, (11, 754). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 July 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "ANGRY GENERAL". The Canberra Times. 38, (10, 820). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 April 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "The Angry General Produced on ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 April 1964. p. 8.
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