fiction.wikisort.org - MovieThe Forbidden Rite is a 1962 Australian television play. It is a filmed ballet - the first ballet written in Australia exclusively for TV. The ABC did regularly broadcast ballet at the time.[1]
1962 Australian film
The Forbidden Rite |
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Directed by | William Sterling |
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Production company | ABC |
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Release date |
- 17 July 1962 (1962-07-17) (Sydney)
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Running time | 45 minutes |
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Country | Australia |
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Language | English |
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It was a joint effort of producer, choreographer Rex Reid and composer Robert Hughes.[2]
Plot
On a Mediterranean island, a tourist party inspects the ruins of a shrine built to the goddess of love.
Cast
- Mary Duchensne as an English tourist
- Victoria Biro as a village lass
- Edward Miller as a village lad
- Ron Paul as a tourist guide
- Alida Glasbeck
- Patrina Coates
- Laurence Bishop
- Barry Moreland
Production
The Forbidden Rite was composed by Robert Hughes, a music writer and arranger for the Victorian Symphony Orchestra. It is the first work commissioned for the Alfred Hill Memorial Award. The ballet was choreographed by Rex Reid.[3]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald called The Forbidden Rite "a triple success for composer Robert Hughes, producer William Sterling and choreographer Rex Reid" praising its "beautifully stylised sets and cameras working with machine-like precision."[4]
The Bulletin said it "had its moments".[5] The Age gave a mixed review.[6]
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TV productions of William Sterling |
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TV plays |
- Elizabeth Refuses (1957)
- In the Zone (1957)
- Ending It (1957)
- Rope (1957)
- Sound of Thunder (1957)
- Captain Carvallo (1958)
- Killer in Close-Up (1958)
- The Small Victory (1958)
- Box for One (1958)
- Gaslight (1958)
- The Governess (1958 film) (1958)
- The Lark (1959)
- One Morning Near Troodos (1959)
- A Dead Secret (1959)
- Black Limelight (1959)
- Ned Kelly (1959)
- Treason (1959)
- Heart Attack (1960)
- The Public Prosecutor (1960)
- Mine Own Executioner (1960)
- Macbeth (1960)
- Dark Under the Sun (1960)
- Who Killed Kovali? (1960)
- Two-Headed Eagle (1960)
- The End Begins (1961)
- Shadow of Heroes (1961)
- Call Me a Liar (1961)
- Hedda Gabler (1961)
- Night of the Ding-Dong (1961)
- Burst of Summer (1961)
- The Lady from the Sea (1961)
- The Big Deal (1961)
- The House of Mancello (1962)
- The Ides of March (1961)
- Murder in the Cathedral (1962)
- Light Me a Lucifer (1962)
- The Devil Makes Sunday (1962)
- The Hobby Horse (1962)
- The Music Upstairs (1962)
- Village Wooing (1962)
- Barnstable (1963)
- The Prisoner (1963)
- Uneasy Paradise (1963)
- The Fighting Cock (1963)
- The Chinese Wall (1963)
- A Man for All Seasons (1964)
- The First 400 Years (1964)
- Othello (1965)
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