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| released = {{Start date|1962|10|24|df=y}} (Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121456932/?terms=%22fury%20in%20petticoats%22&match=1|title=TV Guide|date=22 October 1962|page=22}}</ref>
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'''''Fury in Petticoats''''' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was directed by [[Christopher Muir]]. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>
'''''Fury in Petticoats''''' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was directed by [[Christopher Muir]].

It was based on a play which had been filmed by British TV the year before.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1384850/ ''Fury in Petticoats'' 1961 TV version] at [[IMDb]]</ref>
It was based on a play which had been filmed by British TV the year before.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1384850/ ''Fury in Petticoats'' 1961 TV version] at [[IMDb]]</ref>


Although fictional, the plot is based on a historical incident in 1836, when naturalist Charles Darwin brought to England four natives from the island of [[Tierra del Fuego]], near South America.
Although fictional, the plot is based on a historical incident in 1836, when naturalist Charles Darwin brought to England four natives from the island of [[Tierra del Fuego]], near South America. Some changes were made from historical fact - the Fugeia was older.<ref name="age"/>


==Plot==
==Plot==
A native girl, Fuegia (played by Kay Kelton) goes to live in an English country vicarage.
The Reverend William Dill, his wife Augusta and daughter Anne are preparing to meet the curate Edward Parslowe and his friend Charles Darwin for dinner. Edward loves Anne but Augusta wants her daughted to meet Charles Darwin. Darwin talks about a native girl, Fuegia, they have brought bac. Anne decides to attempt to convert her to Christianity. (played by Kay Kelton) goes to live in an English country vicarage.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Lola Brooks]] as Anne
*[[Lola Brooks (actor)|Lola Brooks]] as Anne Dill
*Michael Duffield as Rev. William Dill
*Michael Duffield as Rev. William Dill
*[[Norman Kaye]] as Charles Darwin
*[[Norman Kaye]] as [[Charles Darwin]]
*Mark Kelly as Edward
*Mark Kelly as Edward
*Fay Kelton as Fuegia Basket
*Fay Kelton as [[Fuegia Basket]]
*Elizabeth Wing as Mrs. Dill
*Elizabeth Wing as Mrs. Dill

==Production==
It was shot in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121456897/?terms=%22fury%20in%20petticoats%22&match=1|date=22 October 1960|title=Musical Star's Drama Role|page=23}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote that:
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote that:
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<blockquote>[It] was an oddly contrived story produced in that stilted solemn atmosphere to which "period" plays often conform. The fact that Charles Darwin once brought a few sad and sorry natives from Terra del Fuego to England could possibly be the basis for a seriously realistic glimpse of early colour problems, or else, perhaps, be artificially brightened into a spirited comedy... Morgan attempted to provide humour and also facile generalisations in a play which neither illuminates nor 'sparkles. The native girl... unconvincingly combined the antics of a savage monkey with an unlikely capacity for sophisticated, fluent reasoning, and the reactions of the prim nineteenth century vicarage were equally unconvincing and lacking in continuity. The actors did not do much to enliven their pasteboard parts, with the exception of Lola Brooks, who managed to bring a sensitive and natural manner to her part.<ref>{{cite news|title=Drama Reviews|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 October 1962|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121458832/?terms=%22fury%20in%20petticoats%22&match=1}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>[It] was an oddly contrived story produced in that stilted solemn atmosphere to which "period" plays often conform.
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The fact that Charles Darwin once brought a few sad and sorry natives from Terra del Fuego to England could possibly be the basis for a seriously realistic glimpse of early colour problems, or else, perhaps, be artificially brightened into a spirited comedy.: . English television playwright Elaine Morgan attempted to provide humour and also facile generalisations in a play which neither illuminates nor 'sparkles. The native girl, played by Fay Kelton, unconvincingly combined the antics of a savage monkey with an unlikely capacity for sophisticated, fluent reasoning, and the reactions of the prim nineteenth century vicarage were equally unconvincing and lacking in continuity. The actors did not do much to enliven their pasteboard parts, with the exception of Lola Brooks, who managed to bring a sensitive and natural manner to her part as the vicar's daughter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Drama Reviews|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 October 1962|page=8}}</ref></blockquote>
The ''Bulletin'' said it was "a big improvement" on Muir's earlier ''[[Boy Around the Corner]]''.<ref>{{Citation
The ''Bulletin'' said it was "a big improvement" on Muir's earlier ''[[Boy Around the Corner]]''.<ref>{{Citation
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''The Age'' called it "good television."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19620621&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|date=21 June 1962|title=Teletopics|page=14}}</ref>
''The Age'' called it "good television... an unpretentious play, well mounted and with straight forward production."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19620621&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|date=21 June 1962|title=Teletopics|page=14}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:39, 26 October 2024

Fury in Petticoats
Ad in The Age 13 Jun 1962
Based onplay by Elaine Morgan
Directed byChristopher Muir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time70 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release24 October 1962 (1962-10-24) (Sydney)[1]
Release13 June 1962 (1962-06-13) (Melbourne)[2]
Release30 April 1963 (1963-04-30) (Brisbane)[3]

Fury in Petticoats is a 1962 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was directed by Christopher Muir. It was based on a play which had been filmed by British TV the year before.[4]

Although fictional, the plot is based on a historical incident in 1836, when naturalist Charles Darwin brought to England four natives from the island of Tierra del Fuego, near South America. Some changes were made from historical fact - the Fugeia was older.[2]

Plot

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The Reverend William Dill, his wife Augusta and daughter Anne are preparing to meet the curate Edward Parslowe and his friend Charles Darwin for dinner. Edward loves Anne but Augusta wants her daughted to meet Charles Darwin. Darwin talks about a native girl, Fuegia, they have brought bac. Anne decides to attempt to convert her to Christianity. (played by Kay Kelton) goes to live in an English country vicarage.

Cast

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Production

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It was shot in Melbourne.[5]

Reception

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The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that:

[It] was an oddly contrived story produced in that stilted solemn atmosphere to which "period" plays often conform. The fact that Charles Darwin once brought a few sad and sorry natives from Terra del Fuego to England could possibly be the basis for a seriously realistic glimpse of early colour problems, or else, perhaps, be artificially brightened into a spirited comedy... Morgan attempted to provide humour and also facile generalisations in a play which neither illuminates nor 'sparkles. The native girl... unconvincingly combined the antics of a savage monkey with an unlikely capacity for sophisticated, fluent reasoning, and the reactions of the prim nineteenth century vicarage were equally unconvincing and lacking in continuity. The actors did not do much to enliven their pasteboard parts, with the exception of Lola Brooks, who managed to bring a sensitive and natural manner to her part.[6]

The Bulletin said it was "a big improvement" on Muir's earlier Boy Around the Corner.[7]

The Age called it "good television... an unpretentious play, well mounted and with straight forward production."[8]

References

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  1. ^ "TV Guide". 22 October 1962. p. 22.
  2. ^ a b "Drama is "test" of Darwin Ideal". The Age. 7 June 1962. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Female Savage and the Vicar". TV Times.
  4. ^ Fury in Petticoats 1961 TV version at IMDb
  5. ^ "Musical Star's Drama Role". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 October 1960. p. 23.
  6. ^ "Drama Reviews". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 October 1962. p. 8.
  7. ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019
  8. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 21 June 1962. p. 14.
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