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The Caine Mutiny is a 1959 Australian TV play based on The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial broadcast by Melbourne's Channel 7. It was the first full-length live drama to be presented on a commercial TV channel and was broadcast on 11 January 1959 over two hours. Peter Randall produced and the cast had performed the play for three weeks at the Little Theatre in South Yarra.

It was the first live TV drama in Australia to not come from the ABC studios.

Cast

• George Fairfax as Barney Greenwald
• Kevin Colebrook as Commander Queeg
• Robert Gardiner as Maryak

Reception

The Age called it "a triumph".

References

1. "TELE VISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia. 21 January 1959. p. 58. Retrieved 16 January 2020 – via Trove.
2. "Caine Mutiny" on TV, The Age, T.V. Supplement, 9 January 1959
3. Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 137.
4. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1959. p. 6.
5. "Caine Mutiny on TV". The Age. 8 January 1959. p. 1 (Radio and Television Supplement).
6. "Little Theatre Plays Adapt Themselves on TV". The Age. 15 January 1959. p. 13.

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