Coralie Lansdowne Says No is a play by Alex Buzo about a woman's struggle for independence.Alex Buzo biography accessed 11 June 2013
Plot Coralie is an independent woman who refuses to settle down to one man. When she stays at an ex lover's beach house, a series of visitors make her re-think her place in the world.
Production history The play was first produced by the Nimrod Theatre in 1974 as part of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts.
1980 TV adaptation
The play was filmed by the ABC in 1980 as the first part of the Australian Theatre Festival.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p30
Producer Alan Burke says Buzo changed his own play significantly but was very happy with the result saying it better represented what he wanted to write.
Cast Wendy Hughes as Coralie Landsdowne David Waters as Stuart Brian Blain as Peter Robert Coleby as Paul Elaine Mangan as Anne Mary-Lou Stewart as Jill Basil Clarke as Dr. Salmon
Reception The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic called it "a TV flop". Brian Courtis of The Age praises the performance of Hughes writing "It is a marvellous performance and her apparent enjoyment of Buzo's crackling dialogue highlights a crisply-directed television adaptation of the play."
References
External links
TV adaptation at Screen Australia