Barnstable (film)

Barnstable is a 1963 Australian television play which had been performed on British TV.[2][3][4] It was filmed in Melbourne. Sandra Power was the barrell girl from In Melbourne Tonight making her acting debut.[1]

Barnstable
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byJames Saunders
Production
company
ABC
Release date
7 August 1963 (Melbourne)[1]
September 1963 (Sydney)
Running time
60 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • John Morgan (Charles Carboy)
  • Elizabeth Wing (Daphne, his wife)
  • Felicity Young (Helen Carboy)
  • Michael Duffield (the Rev. Wandsworth Tester)
  • Sandra Power (Sandra, a maid).

Reception

The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "Blessed simplicity is the virtue of a parable, but in this production, strongly reminiscent in style of the first episode of a very dull science fiction serial, it was never clear whether the author... wanted an undercurrent of humour to his horror or an undercurrent of horror to his humour."[5]

The Age wrote "it was difficult to known how to take the play."[6]

References
  1. "Drama That Makes No Concessions". The Age. 1 August 1963. p. 11.
  2. "Contemporary Play Tonight". The Canberra Times. 38 (10, 632). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 September 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 15 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Comedy with Parable". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 August 1963. p. 8.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. "Barnstable on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 September 1963. p. 7.
  6. "Teletopic". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 1963. p. 10.


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