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1961 Australian TV series or program

Martine
Ad in The Age 1 Nov 1961
Written by	Wal Cherry
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Christopher Muir
Running time	60 mins
Production company	Australian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Release	1 November 1961 (1961-11-01) (Melbourne, live)
Release	27 December 1961 (1961-12-27)(Sydney, taped)

Martine is a 1961 Australian television play directed by Christopher Muir in Melbourne.

It was based on a play by Jean-Jacques Bernard.

Plot

In France, a young peasant girl Martine is secretly in love with Julien, a sophisticated man, even though he has a wife Joanne, who Madame Mervan arranged for him to marry. Alfred courts Martine but she rejects him.

Cast

Annette Andre as Martine
Fred Parslow as Julien
Joan Harris as Jeanne
Barbara Brandon as Madame Mervan, Julien's grandmother
Lloyd Cunnington as Station master
Graham Hughes as Alfred, a peasant

Production

The play was long in the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise and director Chris Muir said it required tender and delicate handling. Annette Andre said she enjoyed working with Muir "he was very intelligent and more experienced. He wasn’t easy, but he could get a performance out of an actor."

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said Parslow's "fine acting gave" the production "a touch of excellence that it otherwise could not hope to attain" calling the story "poignant, tender and slight."

References

"TV try out for the Unspoken". The Age. 26 October 1961. p. 13.
"TV guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 December 1961. p. 11.
"School of Drama". The Age. 26 October 1961. p. 25.
Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.
"Television Production of Martine". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 December 1961. p. 4.

External links

Martine at IMDb

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