Two-Headed Eagle

Two-Headed Eagle
Directed by William Sterling
Written by Alan Seymour
Production
company
Release date
 14 December 1960 (Melbourne)
8 March 1961 (Sydney)
Country Australia
Language English

Two Headed Eagle is a 1961 Australian TV play starring Margo Lee. It was based on a play by Jean Cocteau which had been first presented on the London stage in 1946.[1]

Plot

An assassin sets out to kill a widowed Queen.

Cast

  • Edward Brayshaw as the assassin
  • Margo Lee as the Queen
  • Michael Duffield
  • Christopher Hill
  • Madeline Howell
  • Sue Jenkins

Reception

The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald praised Margo Lee's performance but thought the play "could have been more effective if there had been a little more care in the production. The camera work relied too much on ordinary close and long shots; there was nothing much, in this respect, to enliven proceedings during the queen's long vocal cadenza; and the quality of the sound-reproduction was variable."[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Untitled". The Age. 8 December 1960. p. 14.
  2. ↑ "The Two Headed Eagle". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 1961. p. 11.


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