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| name = The Man Who Shot the Albatross
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| director = David Zweck
| director = David Zweck
| producer =
| writer = [[Ray Lawler]]
| writer = Ray Lawler
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| starring = [[Leo McKern]]
| starring = [[Leo McKern]]
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| company = ABC
| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
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| released = {{Start date|1972|03|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 March 1972|page= 25}}</ref>
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| runtime = 55 minutes<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102205345 |title=CHANNEL 3 |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46 |issue=13,079 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=25 March 1972 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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'''''The Man Who Shot the Albatross''''' is a 1972 television film based on the play by [[Ray Lawler]] about the [[Rum Rebellion]]. It featured the same cast that were in the 1971 stage production.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110687306 |title=A chance to set record straight' |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46, |issue=12,965 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=12 November 1971 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102203950 |title=Leo McKem as Captain Bligh. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46, |issue=13,074 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 March 1972 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
'''''The Man Who Shot the Albatross''''' is a play by [[Ray Lawler]] about the [[Rum Rebellion]], first performed in 1971 and turned into a 1972 [[TV movie]] featuring the same cast.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110687306 |title=A chance to set record straight' |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46 |issue=12,965 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=12 November 1971 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102203950 |title=Leo McKem as Captain Bligh. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46 |issue=13,074 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 March 1972 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120644229/?terms=%22the%20survivor%22%20%22thomas%20keneally%22&match=1|first=Valda|last=Marshall|title=ABC announces a big line up in 72|newspaper=Sydney Sun Herald|date=16 January 1972|page=95}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*Leo McKern as [[Captain Bligh]]
*[[Leo McKern]] as [[Captain Bligh]]
*Michael Aitkens
*[[Michael Aitkens]]
*[[Fred Parslow|Frederick Parslow]] as MacArthur
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*John Ewart
*[[Deidre Rubenstein]] as Mary Putland
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*[[John Ewart]]
*[[Gary Day (actor)|Gary Day]]
*[[Gary Day (actor)|Gary Day]]
*Peter Norton
*Peter Norton
*[[John Orcsik]]
*[[John Orcsik]]
*[[Frank Thring]]
*[[Frank Thring]] as Judge Atkins
*[[Simon Chilvers]]
*[[Simon Chilvers]]
*Patricia Kennedy
*[[Patricia Kennedy (actress)|Patricia Kennedy]] as Sarah Benson
*Malcolm Phillips
*Malcolm Phillips


==Production==
==Production==
Ray Lawler's play premiered at the MTC in 1971 and was directed by [[John Sumner (director)|John Sumner]]. It marked Leo McKern's return to Australia after a number of years away.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110685892 |title='Ryan's Daughter' star for Canberra stage |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46, |issue=12,960 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 November 1971 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was Lawler's first play produced in Australia for a number of years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127051186 |title=Top author says he is really an actor |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,725 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=12 July 1981 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Ray Lawler's play premiered at the [[Princess Theatre (Melbourne)|Princess Theatre]] for the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] in 1971 and was directed by [[John Sumner (director)|John Sumner]]. It marked Leo McKern's return to Australia after a number of years away.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110685892 |title='Ryan's Daughter' star for Canberra stage |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46 |issue=12,960 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 November 1971 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was Lawler's first play produced in Australia for a number of years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127051186 |title=Top author says he is really an actor |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55 |issue=16,725 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=12 July 1981 |accessdate=1 September 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The production toured around Australia.

</ref> The production toured around Australia.
The play was one two plays the ABC filmed in association with state theatre companies, with the goal of filming leading stage plays for a wider audience. Funds were provided in part from the Australia Council. According to ''The Bulletin'': "Only a few years ago the ABC found the proposal anathema, sensing in it, perhaps, an excruciating potential for too many squashed toes. Yet arguments for the idea, backed by some recent advances in quality and popularity of local theatre, have eventually proved too strong." According to the Australia Council, the "new scheme is going to spread the best fruits of the two leading theatre companies more equitably across a nation which, after all, does help to support them".<ref name="bull">{{Citation
| title=Television – Square-eyed theatricals
| journal=The Bulletin
| year=1880
| issn=0007-4039
| series=John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues).
| volume=094| issue=4791 (29 Jan 1972)
| location=Sydney, N.S.W
| publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1488518591
| id=nla.obj-1488518591
| access-date=18 June 2023
| via=Trove
}}</ref>

The other stage production filmed in 1972 was the Old Tote's ''[[The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1972 television play)|The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui]]''.<ref>{{Citation
| author1=Australian Broadcasting Commission.
| title=Television Drama
| journal=Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
| year=1963
| issn=0313-3222
| series=Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament)
| issue=1971/1972, PP no. 240 of 1972
| location=Sydney
| publisher=ABC
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1848637011
| id=nla.obj-1848637011
| access-date=18 June 2023
| via=Trove
}}</ref>

The play was considerably shortened for the television. It was presented with the assistance of the Australian Council for the Arts.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age TV Guide|date=23 March 1972|page=1|title=Lawler's Albatross re-vamped for TV}}</ref>

The ABC later filmed another play performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company, ''The Cherry Orchard''.

==Reception==
''The Age'' called it "intolerably dull and ill-conceived".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=30 March 1972|page= 2|title=Our taxes subsidise foreign TV firms}}</ref> The ''Sydney Sun Herald'' thought it was "an improvement on the stage play" but was "somewhat disappointing" and not as good as older ABC serials like ''[[Stormy Petrel (TV series)|Stormy Petrel]]''.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun Herald|title=It's a happening world|date=2 April 1972|page= 71}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0374855}}
*{{IMDb title|0374855}}
*[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/2698 Australian productions of the play] at [[Ausstage]]
*{{AusStage|work/2698|Australian productions of the play}}

{{Oscar Whitbread}}
{{Oscar Whitbread}}


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The Man Who Shot the Albatross
Written byRay Lawler
Directed byDavid Zweck
StarringLeo McKern
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time55 minutes[2]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release26 March 1972 (1972-03-26)[1]

The Man Who Shot the Albatross is a play by Ray Lawler about the Rum Rebellion, first performed in 1971 and turned into a 1972 TV movie featuring the same cast.[3][4][5]

Cast

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Production

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Ray Lawler's play premiered at the Princess Theatre for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1971 and was directed by John Sumner. It marked Leo McKern's return to Australia after a number of years away.[6] It was Lawler's first play produced in Australia for a number of years.[7] The production toured around Australia.

The play was one two plays the ABC filmed in association with state theatre companies, with the goal of filming leading stage plays for a wider audience. Funds were provided in part from the Australia Council. According to The Bulletin: "Only a few years ago the ABC found the proposal anathema, sensing in it, perhaps, an excruciating potential for too many squashed toes. Yet arguments for the idea, backed by some recent advances in quality and popularity of local theatre, have eventually proved too strong." According to the Australia Council, the "new scheme is going to spread the best fruits of the two leading theatre companies more equitably across a nation which, after all, does help to support them".[8]

The other stage production filmed in 1972 was the Old Tote's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.[9]

The play was considerably shortened for the television. It was presented with the assistance of the Australian Council for the Arts.[10]

The ABC later filmed another play performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Cherry Orchard.

Reception

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The Age called it "intolerably dull and ill-conceived".[11] The Sydney Sun Herald thought it was "an improvement on the stage play" but was "somewhat disappointing" and not as good as older ABC serials like Stormy Petrel.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 March 1972. p. 25.
  2. ^ "CHANNEL 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 13, 079. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 March 1972. p. 16. Retrieved 1 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "A chance to set record straight'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 12, 965. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 November 1971. p. 3. Retrieved 28 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Leo McKem as Captain Bligh". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 13, 074. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 March 1972. p. 15. Retrieved 1 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Marshall, Valda (16 January 1972). "ABC announces a big line up in 72". Sydney Sun Herald. p. 95.
  6. ^ "'Ryan's Daughter' star for Canberra stage". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 12, 960. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 November 1971. p. 19. Retrieved 1 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Top author says he is really an actor". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 725. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 July 1981. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Television – Square-eyed theatricals", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 094 (4791 (29 Jan 1972)), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-1488518591, retrieved 18 June 2023 – via Trove
  9. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1963), "Television Drama", Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Commission., Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) (1971/1972, PP no. 240 of 1972), Sydney: ABC, ISSN 0313-3222, nla.obj-1848637011, retrieved 18 June 2023 – via Trove
  10. ^ "Lawler's Albatross re-vamped for TV". The Age TV Guide. 23 March 1972. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Our taxes subsidise foreign TV firms". The Age. 30 March 1972. p. 2.
  12. ^ "It's a happening world". The Sun Herald. 2 April 1972. p. 71.
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