Murder in the Cathedral (1962 film)

Murder in the Cathedral is a 1962 Australian television play adapted from T. S. Eliot's 1935 play Murder in the Cathedral, about Thomas Becket. William Sterling said he wanted to adapt it for TV for a long time.[2] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Murder in the Cathedral
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Based onMurder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
Production
company
Running time
8 August 1962 (Melbourne)[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Wynn Roberts
  • Madeleine Howell
  • Kevin McBeath
  • Alan Tobin
  • Edward Brayshaw
  • Marcia Hart

Reception

The critic for the Sydney Morning Herald though the production "went closer to justifying its two hours traffic... than anyone had a right to expect."[4]

The Bulletin praised the acting but did not think the play was adapted particularly well for television.[5]

References
  1. "Untitled". The Age. 2 August 1962. p. 13.
  2. "Murder in the Cathedral". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 August 1962. p. 14.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "Theatre Murder In The Cathedral Theatre". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1962. p. 7.
  5. Roberts, Frank (8 September 1962). "TELEVISION HIGH HUMOR, DEEP DRAMA". The Bulletin. p. 32.


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