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A Night Out (1961 TV play)

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Directed by
  
Alan Burke

Distributed by
  
ABC

Country
  
Australia

Director
  
Alan Burke

Starring
  
Neva Carr Glynn

Release date
  
7 November 1961

Language
  
English

Written by
  
Harold Pinter

A Night Out is a 1961 Australian TV play. It was based on a script by Harold Pinter. It starred John Ewart and Richard Meikle.

Contents

The play had previously been filmed in England in 1960 for Armchair Theater.

Plot

Albert is dominated by his mother. He is driven to an act of violence and attempts to assert his individuality.

Cast

  • Carole Boyce
  • Noel Brophy as Mr. King
  • Neva Carr-Glynn as Mother
  • James Elliott
  • John Ewart as Albert
  • Tom Farley
  • John Godfrey
  • Brigid Lenihan as Girl
  • Nat Levison
  • Richard Meikle as Gidney
  • Joseph Szabo
  • Carole Taylor
  • Lou Vernon
  • Release

    The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a brilliant bit of production, and one of the best contemporary dramas the Sydney studios of the A.B.C. has done yet. "

    References

    A Night Out (1961 TV play) Wikipedia