The Sponge Room

The Sponge Room is an Australian television film which aired in 1964 on ABC. Produced in Melbourne,[1] it aired in a 50-minute time-slot. An adaptation of an overseas stage play, it was a comedy. Although shown interstate, it is possible that it was not shown in Sydney due to a theatre presenting a version of the play. The play was written by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse.[2]

The Sponge Room
Directed byPatrick Barton
Based onplay by Willis Hall
Keith Waterhouse
Production
company
ABC
Release date
9 September 1964 (Sydney)
Running time
50 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

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

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

Premise

A married man secretly meets with a woman each week at the natural history museum in London.[4]

Cast
  • Julia Blake as Hilary
  • Terry Norris as Colin
  • Neil Curnow as the attendant

Production

It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964.[5]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald praised Barton using "the extremely effective device" of a background of "complete silence from start to finish".[6]

References
  1. "What to stay home for". The Canberra Times. 39 (10, 944). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1964. p. 17. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 39 (10, 944). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "TV Guide". The Age. 16 April 1964.
  5. "ABC Plans to Show Significant Works". The Age. 20 February 1964. p. 13.
  6. ""The Sponge Room" on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 September 1964. p. 10.


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