The Forbidden Rite

The Forbidden Rite
Directed by William Sterling
Production
company
ABC
Release date
 17 July 1962 (Sydney)
Running time
 45 mins
Country Australia
Language English

The Forbidden Rite is a 1962 Australian TV play. It is a filmed ballet - the first ever ballet written in Australia exclusively for TV.

Plot

On a Mediterranean island, a tourist party inspects the ruins of a shrine built to the goddess of love.

Cast

  • Mary Duchensne as an English tourist
  • Victoria Biro as a village lass
  • Edward Miller as a village lad
  • Ron Paul as a tourist guide
  • Alida Glasbeck
  • Patrina Coates
  • Laurence Bishop
  • Barry Moreland

Production

The ballet was composed by Robert Hughes, a music writer and arranger for the Victorian Symphony Orchestra. It is the first work commissioned for the Alfred Hill Memorial Award. Hill, a famous composer, died in 1960. It was choreographed by Rex Reid.[1]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a triple success for composer Robert Hughes, producer William Sterling and choreographer Rex Reid" praising it's "beautifully stylised sets and cameras working with machine-like precision."[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Made Ballet Screened". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 July 1962. p. 27.
  2. ↑ "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1962. p. 78.


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