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Two Headed Eagle

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Directed by
  
William Sterling

Production company
  
ABC

Language
  
English

Written by
  
Alan Seymour

Country
  
Australia

Release date
  
14 December 1960 (Melbourne) 8 March 1961 (Sydney)

Two Headed Eagle is a 1961 Australian TV play starring Margo Lee. It was based on a play by Jean Cocteau which had been first presented on the London stage in 1946.

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Plot

An assassin sets out to kill a widowed Queen.

Cast

  • Edward Brayshaw as the assassin
  • Margo Lee as the Queen
  • Michael Duffield
  • Christopher Hill
  • Madeline Howell
  • Sue Jenkins
  • Reception

    The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald praised Margo Lee's performance but thought the play "could have been more effective if there had been a little more care in the production. The camera work relied too much on ordinary close and long shots; there was nothing much, in this respect, to enliven proceedings during the queen's long vocal cadenza; and the quality of the sound-reproduction was variable."

    References

    Two Headed Eagle Wikipedia


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