The Rose and Crown is a ABC produced 1956 Australian black-and-white television play, written by J.B. Priestly and director by Raymond MenmuirRay Menmuir Obituary at Sydney Morning Herald Plot The Rose and Crown (the play's titlo) is a London pub. Five regulars are confronted one evening by an unusual request from a stranger, the personification of death.
Production and cast Priestley had written the piece specifically for television.It was broadcast live in Sydney.
Cast Edward Howell Ethel Lang as Ma Pack Lou Vernon David Butler as Harry
1963 Perth Version
A version of the play was performed in Perth in 1963, the first television drama made in that city. It was broadcast in Melbourne on 9 September 1963.
The producer was Bill Eldridge who described the play as "something between the kitchen sink and the twilight zone, one of Priestley's 'time' plays concerned with the reaction of ordinary people to an extraordinary situation."
Cast Nita Pannell as the hard drinking widow Mrs Reed Michael Laurence as Percy Randle, newlywed Jan Shier as Ivy Randle, newlywed Chris Pendlebury as Ma Peck Ron Graham as Harry Tully Peter Collingwood as the plumber Paul Nayton as the mysterious stranger
See also List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
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