| The Lady from the Sea | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Lady_from_the_Sea.png) Ad from The Age 4 Oct 1961 | |
| Based on | 1888 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen |
| Directed by | William Sterling |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 75 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 4 October 1961 (Melbourne, live)[1] |
| Release | 17 January 1962 (Sydney, taped)[2] |
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The Lady from the Sea is a 1961 drama one-off presented on Australian broadcaster ABC. An adaptation of 1888 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, it went for 75 minutes and was telecast live on 4 October 1961 in Melbourne, and was recorded for showing in Sydney (it is not known if it was also shown on ABC's stations in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth).
Per a search of their website, the National Archives may hold a copy, with running time listed as 1:23:12.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 28 September 1961. p. 16.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 1962. p. 9.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.