A Sound of Trumpets
| A Sound of Trumpets | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Written by | Donald Bull |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 3 June 1964 (Sydney) |
Running time | 60 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
A Sound of Trumpets is a 1964 Australian drama directed by Henri Safran.[1]
Premise[]
A family want to adopt a refugee boy.
Cast[]
- Nigel Lovell
- Henry Gilbert
- Peter Wagner
- Mark McManus
Reception[]
The Sydney Morning Herald criticised the "excessive detail" and called it "dour, plodding, earnest" but said it "explored its chosen situation thoroughly enough to illuminate not so much a social problem as the complex interdependence of ordinary family life."[2]
The Bulletin said "this banal story, of an insufferable do-gooder and his equally insufferable family of long-suffering stereotypes faced with practising what they preach in the adoption of a refugee boy, rubbed its second-hand humanity in the audience's face with all the subtlety of Sonny Liston wielding a nine-pound hammer. Only Janice Dinnen’s remarkably mature performance as the eldest daughter and Ethel Gabriel’s complaining grandmother achieved any semblance of sympathy or credibility."[3]
See also[]
- List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)
References[]
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Drama Review: A Sound of trumpets". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 June 1964. p. 11.
- ^ Daniels, William (13 June 1964). "TELEVISION Royal Barge". The Bulletin. p. 48.
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