Salome (Wednesday Theatre)

"Salome"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 18
Directed byOscar Whitbread
Based onSalome
by Oscar Wilde
Featured musicFrank Smith
Original air date1 May 1968 (1968-05-01)[1]
Running time60 mins[2][3]
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"Salome" is a 1968 Australian TV play starring Frank Thring. It was based on the 1891 play of the same name by Oscar Wilde and was reportedly the first time that play had been adapted for television.[4]

  1. ^ "television". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 May 1968. p. 26. Retrieved 11 February 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. April 29, 1968. p. 21.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 April 1968. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Salome Gets Her Man". The Age. 25 April 1968. p. 23.