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*His Excellency*
His Excellency
Based on	play by Campbell Christie; Dorothy Christie
Written by	Philip Albright
Directed by	Alan Burke
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Release	3 December 1958

His Excellency is a 1958 Australian television film.

It was based on a play which had been previously adapted into a 1952 film, His Excellency.

The play was performed in Australia in 1953.^[3]

Plot

An ex-docker is appointed governor of a British island colony.

Cast

Stewart Ginn as the Governor
Harvey Adams
Lola Brooks
Ric Hutton
John Juson
Eric Reiman
John Tate
Owen Weingott

Production

It was Stewart Ginn's first appearance in a TV play. It was directed by Alan Burke who had just done Rose without a Thorn for the ABC and directed Look Back in Anger on stage for the Elizabethan Theatre Trust. Burke went on to become one of the ABC"s leading directors.^[4]

References

^ "TV Guide". The Age. 26 December 1958. p. 22.
^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 December 1958. p. 22.
^ "AT SYDNEY THEATRES". Le Courrier Australien. No. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 9 October 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "ABN "Live" Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 December 1958. p. 23.

External links

His Excellency at IMDb

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[age-1] "TV Guide". The Age. 26 December 1958. p. 22.

[2] "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 December 1958. p. 22.

[3] "AT SYDNEY THEATRES". Le Courrier Australien. No. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 9 October 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "ABN "Live" Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 December 1958. p. 23.

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