The Seagull (1959 film)

The Seagull is a 1959 Australian television play based on the 1896 play by Anton Chekhov. It stars Thelma Scott and was produced and adapted by Royston Morley. It was filmed in Sydney and broadcast live on 22 April 1959 then taped showed in Melbourne on 27 May 1959 over 75 minutes.[1][2]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Plot

In 1895 a vain and selfish actress, Irina, clashes with her son Konstantin who wants to be a writer. Her lover is Trigorin. Irinia lives at the estate of her brother Sorin.

Cast
  • Thelma Scott as Irina Arkadina
  • William Job as Konstantin
  • Roderick Walker as Trigorin
  • Delia Williams as Nina, Konstantin's love
  • Gordon Glenwright as Sorin, Irinia's brother
  • Walter Pym as Ilya, Sorin's steward
  • Anne Bullen as Polina
  • Rilla Stephens
  • Roderick Walker
  • Henry Gilbert as Yevgeny Dorn, a doctor
  • Frank Taylor as Semyon, a school master
  • Rilla Stephens as Masha the steward's daughter

Production

The show was recorded live in Sydney. Roderick Walker was an English actor.[4] It was the first TV appearance for him, William Job and Thelma Scott; Job and Scott recently returned home after time overseas.[5] Job went on to appear in Hamlet for Royston Morley.

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

References
  1. "Insight into Russian Mind". The Age. 21 May 1959. p. 14.
  2. "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 22 April 1959. p. 21.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 1959. p. 35.
  5. "Famous Drama On Channel 2". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 April 1959. p. 25.


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