Priestley's play. The first in a studio shot in Perth, I believe. The ABC shot it in 1956.
Plot
The Rose and Crown is a London pub. Five regulars are confronted one evening by an unusual request from a stranger, the personification of death.
Cast
- Nita Pannell as the hard drinking widow Mrs Reed
- Michael Laurence as Percy Randle, newlywed
- Jan Shier as Ivy Randle, newlywed
- Chris Pendlebury as Ma Peck
- Ron Graham as Harry Tully
- Peter Collingwood as the plumber
- Paul Nayton as the mysterious stranger
Production
Original play is here.
The producer was Bill Eldridge
who described the play as "something between the kitchen sink and the
twilight zone, one of Priestley's 'time' plays concerned with the
reaction of ordinary people to an extraordinary situation. It is one of Priestley's time plays and shows the author's preoccupation with time. I think it's one that will leave a question mark in the minds of viewers."
Michael Laurence recently returned from England.
Set designer - Robbie Perkins
Broadcast
It was broadcast in Melbourne on 9 September 1963 and in Sydney in October.
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| SMH TV Guide 7 Oct 1963 |
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| The Age TV Guide 5 Sept 1963 |
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| The Age TV Guide 5 Sept 1963 p 2 |
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| NAA Publicity |
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