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The Man Who Shot the Albatross
Directed byDavid Zweck
Written byRay Lawler
StarringLeo McKern
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABC
Release date
26 March 1972[1]
Running time
55 minutes[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Man Who Shot the Albatross is a play by Ray Lawler about the Rum Rebellion, first performed in 1971. A 1972 television film featured the stage cast.[3][4][5]

Cast

Production

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 considerably shortened for the television.It was presented with the assistance of the Australian Council for the Arts.[8]

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."[9] 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.[10]

References

  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. ^ "Lawler's Albatross re-vamped for TV". The Age TV Guide. 23 March 1972. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Our taxes subsidise foreign TV firms". The Age. 30 March 1972. p. 2.
  10. ^ "It's a happening world". The Sun Herald. 2 April 1972. p. 71.


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