Crime Passionel

Crime Passionel is a 1959 Australian television play. It was based on a play by Jean-Paul Sartre and was directed by Royston Morley.

Crime Passionel
Based onplay by Jean-Paul Sartre
Directed byRoyston Morley
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time90 min
Production companyABC
Release
Original networkABC
Original release11 November 1959 (Sydney, live)
17 November 1959 (Brisbane)
10 February 1960 (Melbourne)

The play had been broadcast that year by the BBC.

It was broadcast live in Sydney on 11 November 1959. A recording was made of this and shown in Brisbane on 17 November 1959[1] and Melbourne on 10 February 1960.[2] It went for 90 minutes.[3]

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

Plot

At the end of World War Two, in the mythical European country of Illythia, the German armies are retreating from the Russians. Hugo, a young intellectual who wants to be revolutionary hero, sets about assassinating Hoederer, leader of the local communist party. Hugo is Hoederer's secretary. Hugo has a wife Jessica, and a fellow party member, Olga.

Cast
  • Brian James as Hoederer
  • William Job as Hugo
  • Jacqueline Kott as Olga
  • John Fegan as Charles
  • Tony Arpino as Franz
  • Peter Williams as Louis
  • James Elliott as Ivan
  • Rosemary Webster as Hugo's wife
  • Don Crosby as Georges
  • Julian Flett as Prince Paul
  • Nat Levison as Slick
  • Richard Parry as Karsky
  • Bill Waters as Leon

Production

Brian James was flown in from Melbourne to play the lead.[5]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald TV reviewer wrote that the play was "a little slow in movement, because of the sheer weight of its talk... [but] was given an absorbing live performance... the cast was uncommonly strong."[6]

See also
  • List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

References
  1. "Bomb in the Studio". TV Times. 12 November 1959. p. 5.
  2. "Wednesday Television". The Age. 4 February 1960. p. 11 Radio TV Supplement.
  3. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 November 1959. p. 14.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. "Telecast Of Crime Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 November 1959. p. 13.
  6. "Crime Passionel on ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 November 1959. p. 14.


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