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'''''Sunday Costs Five Pesos''''' is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by [[Josefina Niggli]]. Aired live in Melbourne,<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C2823734</ref> it was a comedy set in Mexico. A [[kinescope]] recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approx. 30 minutes, and aired on ABC. Originally broadcast 21 June 1957, it was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier. 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>
'''''Sunday Costs Five Pesos''''' is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by [[Josefina Niggli]]. Aired live in Melbourne,<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C2823734</ref> it was a comedy set in Mexico. It was produced by Paul O'Loughlin.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN) |page=33|date=18 May 1957|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1555579317|magazine=ABC Weekly}}<ref>
A [[kinescope]] recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approx. 30 minutes, and aired on ABC. Originally broadcast 21 June 1957, it was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier. 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>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*Melpo Zaracosta
*Melpo Zaracosta
*Brenda Senders
*Brenda Senders
*Audrey Teagsdale
*Audrey Teasdale
*Joan Landor
*Joan Landor


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[[Category:Australian films]]
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Revision as of 02:11, 17 January 2020

Sunday Costs Five Pesos is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by Josefina Niggli. Aired live in Melbourne,[1] it was a comedy set in Mexico. It was produced by Paul O'Loughlin.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Cast

  • Guy Le Claire
  • Melpo Zaracosta
  • Brenda Senders
  • Audrey Teasdale
  • Joan Landor

See also

References