The Skin of Our Teeth (film)

The Skin of Our Teeth
Directed by Alan Burke
Based on play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 25 February 1959
Running time
 90 mins
Country Australia
Language English

The Skin of Our Teeth is a 1959 Australian TV play based on the play by Thorton Wilder. It starred John Ewart.

Premise

The story of life on Earth as lived by Mr and Mrs Antrobus, and their two children - and their maid, Sabina.

Cast

Production

The film was directed by Alan Burke who had directed a production of Skin of Our Teeth on stage in Canberra in 1953[1] and had spent a day talking to Wilder in the US at the latter's New Haven home.[2] He considered the meeting with Wilder one of the most important of his life.[3]

"He is the most knowledgeable man I've ever met," said Burke. "He is a great humanist and has great faith in, mankind."[4]

Reception

Burke said although the play had "tiny ratings... it represented the big break-through in the production of television plays."[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH" BY REPERTORY". The Canberra Times. 28, (8, 174). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 November 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "CANBERRA DIARY". The Canberra Times. 28, (8, 171). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 March 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Oral interview with Alan Burke
  4. ↑ "Foldes Final Concert". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 February 1959. p. 13.
  5. ↑ Interview with Alan Burke


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