Citizen of Westminster

Citizen of Westminster is an early example of Australian television drama which aired on ABC. A one-off play set in England, it aired live on 8 October 1958 in Sydney, and kinescoped for showing in Melbourne on 30 November 1958. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Citizen of Westminster
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Release date
8 October 1958 (Sydney) (live)[1]
30 November 1958 (Melbourne) (taped)[2]
Running time
60 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

It is not known if a copy still exists of the presentation, given the wiping of the era.

Plot

A British M.P. is in love with a married woman.

Cast
  • Bruce Beeby
  • Madi Heed
  • Ric Hutton
  • Geoffrey King
  • Frank Taylor
  • Robin Blyth

Production

The show starred real-life husband and wife Bruce Beeby and Madi Hedd. The two had just returned to Australia in 1957 after six years of working in British theatre, films and TV. They had previously appeared together for the ABC in Ending It.[4]

The show was filmed at the ABC Studios in Gore Hill, Sydney.[5]

It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas, shown every fortnight on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne (some broadcast live from Melbourne, others taped from a live Sydney production). In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season").[6]

See also
  • List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

References
  1. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 1958. p. 8.
  2. "TV Guide". The Age. 28 November 1958. p. 17.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "Couple Co Star in New Play", Sydney Morning Herald, 6 Oct 1958
  5. 101, Film Alert (2 April 2016). "Film Alert 101: Vale Raymond Menmuir - Storry Walton and Tom Jeffrey remember a TV pioneer with affection".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night". The Age. 26 September 1958. p. 24.


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