The Young Victoria (1963 film)

The Young Victoria
Ad in The Age 27 Mar 1963
Based onthe play Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman
Directed byAlan Burke
StarringLola Brooks
Ric Hutton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins[3]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release27 March 1963 (1963-03-27) (Sydney, Melbourne)[1][2]
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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]

  1. ^ "The Young Victoria". The Age. 21 March 1963. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Advertisement". The Age. 27 March 1963. p. 25.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 March 1963. p. 35.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 March 1963.
  5. ^ "She'd Never Seen a Man Shave". TV Times. 21 March 1963.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. ^ "The Story Of Mexico". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 495. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 March 1963. p. 31. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "The Young Victoria". 21 March 1963. p. 27.