Harlequinade is a 1961 Australian TV play based on the Terence Rattigan play Harlequinade. It was directed by Bill Bain and aired on 20 December 1961 in Sydney, 7 February 1962 in Melbourne, and 29 May 1962 in Brisbane.
It was the first adaptation of Terence Rattigan on Australian television.
Plot A middle aged couple, Arthur and Edna are appearing in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet in a small town. They meet a woman who claims to be Arthur's daughter from his first marriage.
They realise they are too young to play star crossed lovers.
Cast John Alden as Arthur Gosport Neva Carr Glyn as Edna Selby Owen Weingott as Fred Ingram Don Pascoe as Fred Wakefield Enid Lorimer as Dame Maud Cherrie Butlin as Joyce Lou Vernon Marcia Hathaway Martin Redpath Peter Stewart Frank Taylor Alan Tobin Hilary Linstead
Production It starred Cherrie Butlin who was the daughter of Billy Butlin; she had lived in Australia for three years. The set was designed by Philip Hickie.
Reception The Sydney Morning Herald called it "skittish and affectionate".
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