A Rose Without a Thorn | |
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Based on | play by Clifford Bax |
Directed by | Alan Burke |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins |
Original release | |
Release | 10 September 1958[1] | (live, Sydney)
Release | 2 November 1958[2] | (recording, Melbourne)
A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne. [3]
The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.
A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived. [4] [5] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948. [6]
It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television. [7] Seven different sets were used in the program. [8]
It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season"). [9]
A Rose Without a Thorn | |
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Based on | play by Clifford Bax |
Directed by | Alan Burke |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins |
Original release | |
Release | 10 September 1958[1] | (live, Sydney)
Release | 2 November 1958[2] | (recording, Melbourne)
A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne. [3]
The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.
A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived. [4] [5] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948. [6]
It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television. [7] Seven different sets were used in the program. [8]
It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season"). [9]