Venus Observed | |
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Directed by | Alan Burke |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release date
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2 November 1960 |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Venus Observed is a play in blank verse by the English dramatist and poet Christopher Fry. It was first performed on 18 January 1950 at the St James's Theatre, London, with the following cast:
Scenes:
The play was filmed for British TV in 1957.
The play was adapted for Australian TV in 1960.
It was directed by Alan Burke who had directed a stage production at the Arrow Theatre in Melbourne in 1952.
The critic for the Sydney Morning Herald called it a "a pleasantly competent piece of work... a production rich in setting, with exactly the right kind of faded spaciousness you would expect in such a household.... It will be good to see more productions of this calibre.