The Medium (1960 film)
| The Medium | |
|---|---|
| Based on | The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti |
| Directed by | Alan Burke |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 31 August 1960 |
The Medium is a 1960 Australian television production. It was a filmed version of the opera by Menotti.
Cast
[edit]- Jon Dennis
- Neil Easton as Mr. Gobineau
- Joan Grey as Mrs. Nolan
- Nita Maughan as Mrs. Gobineau
- Jane Ross as Monica
- Margaret Winkler as Madame Flora
Production
[edit]It was directed by Alan Burke who later recalled he liked the opera "because it seemed to have visual opportunities and I thought it would work very well in television" being done in one set. He felt Menotti was "a poor man's Puccini... which is why the ABC was not all that keen to do it. But he is enormously effective theatrically. The Medium would make a wonderful movie score - so what better than to make a little television score with it? So we did that and pulled a few tricks - it led itself to very low key lighting."[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- The Medium at IMDb
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Categories:
- Australian television plays
- 1960 television plays
- Australian television plays based on operas
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Australian English-language television shows
- Australian live television shows
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- Films directed by Alan Burke (director)
- Australian television film stubs