Tomorrow's_Child_(1957_TV_movie)

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Tomorrow's Child (film)

1957 television film directed by Raymond Menmuir

Tomorrow's Child is an Australian television film, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. Directed by Raymond Menmuir, it is notable as an early example of Australian television comedy and was Australia's first live hour long drama.[3][4][5][6]

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Synopsis

Promoted as A satirical comedy of the future,[7] it was set in a fictional police state.

Cast

Craig and Ashton later were regulars on Autumn Affair (1958-1959), the first Australian-produced television soap opera.

Production

It was based on a 1947 play by John Coates, and written by Alan Seymour.[8]

Broadcast

It aired on Sydney station ABN-2 on 9 April 1957. A kinescope was made of the broadcast and shown in Melbourne on ABV-2 on 26 April 1957, it is not known if the kinescope recording still exists.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Advertisement". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 April 1957. p. 7.
  2. [2]
    "Police State Satire on TV". The Age. 25 April 1957. p. 15.
  3. [3]
    "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2-". ABC Weekly. 6 April 1957. p. 19.
  4. [4]
    "Looking A head on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 4 May 1957.
  5. [5]
    "Television news". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1957. p. 6.
  6. [6]
    Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. [7]
    Sydney morning Herald 9 April 1957
  8. [8]
    "U.K. NOT KEEN ON VICTORY PARADE". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 20 March 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.


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