Some Turgenv for Australians.
Premise
Daria, seeking to advance the career of husband Alexi, invites his employer to dinner. The Count is a childhood friend who was devoted to Daria.
Cast
- Michael Duffield as Alexi Stupendev
- Beverley Dunn as Daria Stupendev
- Allan Bickford as Misha
- Keith Lee as Count Lubin
- Martin Magee as Apollo
- Louise Homfrey as Vasilvena
- William Lloyd as the secretary
Original play
The play was written in 1850 and first performed the following year. An English translation is here.
Stanislavski appeared in a famous 1912 production.
Miles Malleson did this adaptation.
Other adaptations
It was filmed by the BBC in 1949. (Malleson did that adaptation). This was adapted for radio in 1950.
There was an Australian radio version in 1961.
Production
It was filmed in Melbourne. Patrick Barton directed.
Reception
The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald thought "the air of
leisurely introspection and nostalgia which can confidently be expected
in any nineteenth-century Russian play... was only intermittently
captured" in the production due in part to the acting and "the obviously
contrived and stagey set" but "a certain charm kept coming out like the
sun from behind clouds."
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| Canberra Times 23 Sept 1964 p 23 |
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| The Age TV Guide 27 Aug 1964 p 2 |
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| The Age TV Guide 27 Aug 1964 p 2 |
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| The Age TV Guide 27 Aug 1964 |
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| SMH 24 Sept 1964 p 15 |
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| SMH TV Guide 21 Sept 1964 |
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| The Age 2 Sept 1964 p 14 |
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| SMH TV Guide 14 Sep 1964 p 4 |
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