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The Proposal is a 1957 Australian television play based on the play A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov. It was made at a time when Australian drama production was rare and mostly adaptations of overseas shows.

Plot

In the 1880s a suitor tries to propose to an attractive girl under the eye of her father. The suitor keeps saying the wrong thing.

Cast

• Paul Bacon as the suitor
• Douglas Kelly as the father
• Bettine Kauffmann as the girl

Production

It was filmed in Melbourne using popular radio actors of the time.

Chris Muir recalled the air-conditioning broke down in the studio and the actors came close to fainting.

See also

• List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

References

1. "TV Guide". The Age. 21 February 1957. p. 29.
2. ^ Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 136.
3. "Television News". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 March 1957. p. 8.
4. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
5. "TV—Channel 2 ABN". ABC Weekly. 9 March 1957. p. 35.
6. "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2- ABN". ABC Weekly. 9 March 1957. p. 19.
7. "Radio Stars in "Live" TV Play". The Age. 21 February 1957. p. 23.

External links

• The Proposal at IMDb

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