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'''''Fury in Petticoats''''' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was directed by [[Christopher Muir]].
'''''Fury in Petticoats''''' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It was directed by [[Christopher Muir]].

Revision as of 15:43, 22 May 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
ReleaseOctober 24, 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

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

Production

It was shot in Melbourne.[5]

Reception

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

  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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