Hedda Gabler (1961 film)

Edit links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Hedda Gabler
Genredrama
Based onplay
ABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release11 January 1961 (1961-01-11) (Melbourne)[1]
5 April 1961 (1961-04-05) (Sydney)[2]
13 November 1961 (1961-11-13) (Brisbane)[3]

Hedda Gabler is a 1961 Australian television play based on the 1891 play by Henrik Ibsen. It was made at a time when Australian TV drama was rare.[5]

Plot

Hedda Gabler pursues the destruction of a former lover.

Cast

  • June Brunell
    as Hedda
  • Richard Davies as George Tesman
  • Edward Howel as Brack
  • Wynn Roberts as Eilert Lovborg
  • Dorothy Bradley as Bertha
  • Moira Carleton as Julia Tesman
  • Pat Connolly as Thea Elvsted

Production

Brunell's casting was announced in November 1960.[6] Wendy Pomroy recorded the music.[7][8]

Reception

The Age said the production "had excellent sets and dressing, fine technical presentation and the assistance of a strong cast", but felt Brunell "interpreted Hedda in too 'genteel' a fashion."[9]

The critic for the

Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the play suffered from "adequate rather than generous acting" except for June Brunell in the lead, who was praised.[10] The Age TV critic felt Brunell was "too genteel" in the lead but thought the production had "excellent sets and dressing".[11]

Richard Lane, who did the adaptation, said that Edward Howell as "chilling" as Brack, "it was a character that suited him perfectly."[12]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide for 11 January". The Age. 5 January 1961. p. 11.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". 3 April 1961. p. 18.
  3. ^ "The tragedy of frozen passion". TV Times. 9 November 1961. p. 9.
  4. ^ "June Brunell as Hedda Gabler". The Age. 5 January 1961. p. 1.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "Brunel Cast as Hedda Gabler". The Age. 24 November 1960. p. 18.
  7. ^ "Boredom Suicide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1961. p. 17.
  8. ^ "June Brunell as Hedda Gabler". The Age. 5 January 1961. p. 19.
  9. ^ Janus (19 January 1961). "'Gabler' Bought to Life on TV". The Age TV supplement. p. 3.
  10. ^ "Hedda Gabler on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 April 1961. p. 6.
  11. ^ ""Gabbler" Bought to Life on TV". The Age. 19 January 1961. p. 3 supp.
  12. ^ Lane, Richard. The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama 1923-60. Melbourne University Press. p. 57.

External links


Stub icon

This article related to an Australian made-for-TV movie is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hedda_Gabler_(1961_film)&oldid=1166272723"