The Young Victoria | |
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Based on | the play Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman |
Directed by | Alan Burke |
Starring | Lola Brooks Ric Hutton |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins[3] |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 27 March 1963[1][2] | (Sydney, Melbourne)
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The Young Victoria is an Australian television film of 1963 which aired on ABC on 27 March 1963. Based on the play Victoria Regina, it is a 60-minute drama about the courtship and marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert. It stars Lola Brooks as Victoria and Ric Hutton as Albert.[4][5][6]
The production was reduced to four vignettes. It was sponsored by the International ' Theatre Institute, the drama-wing of-UNESCO, to celebrate World Theatre day.[7] It was shown on the same day in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to celebrate the day.[8]