The Sergeant from Burralee

The Sergeant from Burralee
Produced by Ray Menmuir
Written by Phillip Grenville Mann
Production
company
ABC
Release date
 1961
Running time
 90 mins
Country Australia
Language English

The Sergeant from Burralee is an Australian TV play written by Phillip Grenville Mann. It aired on 14 June 1961.[1] The play was also broadcast by the BBC and screened for West German television.[2]

It was one of the few original Australian TV dramas of the time.[3]

It was turned into a radio play in 1970.[4]

Plot

In the 1830s an aboriginal is charged with the spearing of a white settler, but was about to be released by the Captain convinced of his innocence after questioning him. But, during a party that night, a drunken officer shoots and kills the prisoner, and is charged with his murder.

Cast

  • Hugh Stewart as Robert McDonald
  • Candy Williams as Jacko
  • Douglas Bladen as Sentry
  • Jon Dennis as Newton
  • Lance Bennett as Taylor
  • Keith Buckley as Salisbury
  • Noanie Rothsey as Martha
  • Phillip Ross as Gaoler

See also

References

  1. ↑ Contemporary listing at The Age 14 June 1961
  2. ↑ Marshall, Valda (3 September 1961). "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 92.
  3. ↑ "LIVE DRAMA AND MUSIC ON ABC TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. 11 December 1962. p. 27. Retrieved 15 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Radio play information at AustLit


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