Eden House (Australian Plays)

"Eden House"
Australian Plays episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 1
Directed byEric Tayler
Teleplay byEric Tayler
Harold Landers[1]
Based onEden House
by Hal Porter
Original air date21 June 1970 (1970-06-21)
Running time70 mins
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"Eden House" is a 1970 television play from the Australian television series Australian Plays,[2][3] based on the 1969 play of the same name by Australian author Hal Porter.[4] The played toured the UK in the 1970s with Jean Kent, and Dermot Walsh in leading roles. It was retitled 'Home on the Pigs back.'

Plot

An aging actress, a widow called Maxine, is haunted by the memory of a son who drowned. Her stepson wants her property. She has a younger lover, Mark.

Cast

Production

It was taped at the ABC Studios in Gore Hill Sydney on March 16 to March 19, 1970. Carl Schultz was one of the cameramen.[5]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 19 June 1970. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. July 26, 1970. p. 109.
  3. ^ "Back to Drama". The Age. 18 June 1970. p. 29.
  4. ^ "Generation gap provides the drama". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 569. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 March 1970. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Title page of script at National Archives of Australia