A Rose without a Thorn
Directed byAlan Burke
Based onplay by Clifford Bax
Distributed byABC
Release dates
10 September 1958 (live, Sydney)[1]
2 November 1958 (recording, Melbourne)[2]
Running time
60 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne.[3]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Premise

The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.

Cast

Production

A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived.[5][6] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948.[7]

It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television.[8] Seven different sets were used in the program.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 34.
  2. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 31 October 1958. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 33.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ Rose without a Thorn at AustLit
  6. ^ "SATURDAY PLAYBILL—". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. LII, no. 110. New South Wales. 15 December 1952. p. 2 (South Coast Times AND WOLLONGONG ARGUS FEATURE SECTION). Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "TELEVISION FLASH-BACK ON HISTORY". Morning Bulletin. No. 27, 089. Queensland. 19 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Alan Burke talks about the early days of Television". Gore Hill Studios.
  9. ^ "The Queen to make TV history". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 21. 29 October 1958. p. 74. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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