Tomorrow's Child (film)

Tomorrow's Child
Ad from 9 April 1957
Based onplay by John Coates
Screenplay byAlan Seymour
Directed byRaymond Menmuir
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release9 April 1957 (1957-04-09) (Sydney) (live)[1]
Release26 April 1957 (1957-04-26) (Melbourne) (taped)[2]

Tomorrow's Child is an Australian television film, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. Directed by Raymond Menmuir, it is notable as an early example of Australian television comedy and was Australia's first live hour long drama.[3][4][5][6] It was set in the future making it technically Australia's first science fiction drama.[7]

Synopsis

Promoted as A satirical comedy of the future,[8] it was set in a fictional police state.

Cast

Craig and Ashton later were regulars on Autumn Affair (1958-1959), the first Australian-produced television soap opera.

Production

It was based on a 1947 play by John Coates, and written by Alan Seymour.[9]

Broadcast

It aired on Sydney station ABN-2 on 9 April 1957. A kinescope was made of the broadcast and shown in Melbourne on ABV-2 on 26 April 1957, it is not known if the kinescope recording still exists.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Advertisement". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 April 1957. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Police State Satire on TV". The Age. 25 April 1957. p. 15.
  3. ^ "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2-". ABC Weekly. 6 April 1957. p. 19.
  4. ^ "Looking A head on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 4 May 1957.
  5. ^ "Television news". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1957. p. 6.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. ^ Vagg, Stephen (2021). "Forgotten Australian TV plays: The Astronauts". Filmink. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ Sydney morning Herald 9 April 1957
  9. ^ "U.K. NOT KEEN ON VICTORY PARADE". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 20 March 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.


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