Marriage Lines (film)

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Marriage Lines
Genrecomedy-drama
Based onplay by Clemence Dane
Directed byChristopher Muir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerLes Bail
Running time60 mins[1]
Production companyAustralian Broadcasting Commission
DistributorABC
Release
Original release31 October 1962 (Melbourne)[2]
26 November 1962 (Sydney)[3][4]

Marriage Lines is a 1962 Australian television play directed by Christopher Muir.

Plot[]

Lysette returns to London after three unsuccessful marriages to look up her cousin's Virgilia who is married to publisher Felix. Felix runs a business that used to belong to Virgilia's father. Lysette begins an affair with Felix. Robbie Lambert is upset Felix wants to sell his theatre.

Cast[]

Production[]

The play had been filmed by the BBC in 1961.[5][6]It was an original for television.[7] The play had been performed on Australian radio in 1961.[8]

In discussing why the ABC chose it for production, Filmink magazine hypothesized that "the ABC were attracted by Dane’s reputation... The BBC stamp of approval would have helped."[9]

Walter Sullivan travelled to Melbourne to shoot the production.[4] It was Beverly Dunn's first TV play since she returned to Australia.[2] Kennedy appeared by courtesy of Emerald Hill Theatre in Melbourne. Cas Van Puflen designed it.

Reception[]

The Australian Women's Weekly TV critic called the production "a half-and-half job. Christopher Muir's production was satisfyingly polished; the play itself was woeful. The ABC decided to advertise this offering as a "sophisticated comedy." The theme—one woman trying to snaffle another's husband— can be funny, I suppose. But "Marriage Lines" was a melodrama of mothball manners... the cast had to battle with curiously dated dialogue... [a] sheer waste of good production and a goodish cast. "Marriage Lines" should have been murdered. Preferably at the dress rehearsal, if not before."[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 25 October 1962. p. 35.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Happy People Supply Conflict in 2 Plays". The Age. 25 October 1962. p. 14.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 November 1962. p. 17.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sophisticated Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 November 1962. p. 15.
  5. ^ Marriage Lines at IMDb
  6. ^ Marriage LInes at BFI
  7. ^ BBC listing
  8. ^ "Radio plays". The Age. 28 September 1961. p. 22.
  9. ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 November 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV plays: Marriage Lines". Filmink.
  10. ^ "GOOD PRODUCTION, GOOD CAST, BAD PLAY". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30 (28). 12 December 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 8 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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