The Lark (1959 film)

The Lark
Directed by William Sterling
Written by Alan Seymour
Based on play The Lark by Jean Anouilh translated by Christopher Fry
Music by Robert Hughes
Production
company
ABC
Distributed by ATN-2
Release date
 16 November 1958 (Melbourne)[1]
January 1959 (Sydney)[2]
Running time
 90 mins
Country Australia
Language English

The Lark is a 1959 Australian TV play.

Cast

  • Beverly Dunn as Joan of Arc
  • Frank Gatliff as Cauchon
  • Christopher Hill as Warwick
  • Robert Peach as the Inquisitor
  • Jeffrey Hodgson as the Dauphin
  • John Morgan as the Promoter
  • Moira Carleton as Joan's mother
  • Mary Ward as Queen Yolande
  • Laura Jane Casson as Agnes Sorel
  • Carol Potter as the little Queen
  • Brin Newton-John as the Archbishop of Rheims

Production

It was shot in Melbourne using a cast of 24 and seven sets which occupied the entire 60ft by 80 ft of Melbourne's Studio 32, one of the largest studios in Melbourne.[2]

It starred Beverly Dunn as Joan. Dunn had played the role in Melbourne Little Theatre in 1956.[3][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  2. 1 2 "ABN to Screen "The Lark"". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 January 1959. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "The Lark to be Played Here". The Age. 11 February 1956. p. 4.


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