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The Dock Brief
Ad from 'The Age' 17 Feb 1960
Based on play The Dock Brief Written by George F. Kerr Directed by Raymond Menmuir Country of origin Australia Original language English Running time 60 minutes[1] [2] Production company ABC Network ABC Release 27 January 1960 (1960-01-27 ) (Sydney) Release 17 February 1960 (1960-02-17 ) (Melbourne)[3]
The Dock Brief Ray Menmuir and starring Reg Lye and Moray Powell. It was based on the play by John Mortimer .[4]
Premise [ edit ]
The barrister Morgenall is given a brief to defend a bird seed seller, Fowle, accused of murdering his wife.
Reg Lye as Fowle
Moray Powell as Morgenhall
Production [ edit ]
The play was made in Sydney under the direction of Ray Menmuir. A radio version of the play had been performed in Australia the previous year.[5]
Menmuir said "as first seen the characters are quite comical but as the play progresses we begin to laugh with them rather than at them."[6]
Douglas Smith designed the set which consisted of two areas: the prison cell and the imaginary courtroom. Special effects were used to create a "courtroom of the imagination" for a later scene.[7]
Reception [ edit ]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "beautifully acted" praising Menmuir's "admirably deft and very imaginative production."[8]
References [ edit ]
^ "Advertisement" . 17 February 1960. p. 5.
^ "The P.M.G.'s private eye" . The Australian Women's Weekly 68 . Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "TV Presentation of Prize Drama About a Brief" . The Age . 11 February 1960. p. 23.
^ "Comedy and Pathos at the Bar". TV Times . 10 March 1960. p. 7.
^ "Courtroom for Two" . Sydney Morning Herald . 25 January 1960. p. 22.
^ " . Sydney Morning Herald . 28 January 1960. p. 5.
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Dock_Brief_(1960_film)&oldid=1224934592 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 1 9 6 0 t e l e v i s i o n p l a y s ● 1 9 6 0 A u s t r a l i a n t e l e v i s i o n p l a y s ● T e l e v i s i o n p l a y s d i r e c t e d b y R a y M e n m u i r ● W o r k s b y G e o r g e F . K e r r ● T e l e v i s i o n p l a y s f i l m e d i n S y d n e y ● A u s t r a l i a n B r o a d c a s t i n g C o r p o r a t i o n t e l e v i s i o n p l a y s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● P a g e s u s i n g i n f o b o x t e l e v i s i o n w i t h u n l i n k e d v a l u e s
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
