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1 Plot  





2 1960 British television version  



2.1  Cast  





2.2  Reception  







3 1961 US television version  



3.1  Plot  





3.2  Cast  







4 1962 Australian television version  





5 References  





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The Devil Makes Sunday






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The Devil Makes Sunday is a television play about a convict break out on Norfolk IslandbyBruce Stewart, who had just written Shadow of a Pale Horse. It was based on the real life Norfolk Island convict mutinies.[1]

It was filmed for British, US and Australian television.[2]

It was also adapted for radio.[3]

Plot

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In 1840, the convict settlement on Norfolk Island is run by Major Childs, who likes to punish convicts before church service on Sunday. A convict called Clay breaks out of prison and holds up the prison governor and his household in their dining room. Clay demands a boat for his escape.

1960 British television version

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The play was filmed in Britain as the first episode of a new ATV series called Theatre 60.

Cast

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Reception

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The London Times praised "the style of production" by director Morahan "with its powerful claustrophobic use of close up and crowded medium shot to convey something of the atmosphere of an Australian convict colony in the 1840s". The critic felt the play "was not, perhaps, always quite so good as it looked, it was interesting enough - for its documentary value if no other."[4]

1961 US television version

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The episode was filmed in the US as part of the US Steel Hour.[5][6]

Plot

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On the penal colony of Norfolk Island one Sunday afternoon, a convict, Prendergast, rests during working hours. He is flogged to unconsciousness.

Convict Clay along with Silverwood and Stuckeley leads an uprising. Dora Childs, daughter of the commandant, Major Childs, becomes involved.

Cast

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1962 Australian television version

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References

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  1. ^ "Bruce Stewart Seeks Change From TV Scripts". Press. 10 October 1961. p. 13.
  • ^ Vagg, Stephen (10 January 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Devil Makes Sunday". Filmink.
  • ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 35, no. 9, 984. 5 August 1961. p. 17. Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  • ^ The Devil Makes Sunday Date: Monday, Aug. 1, 1960 Publication: The Times (London, England) Issue: 54838 p 9
  • ^ "Episode Guide for US Steel Hour". Classic TV Archive.
  • ^ Val Adams (1 January 1961). "News of TV and Radio". New York Times. p. X9.
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