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Adaptation of Rusty Bugles Sumner Locke Elliott , 1948 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 Rusty Bugles
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Adapted for television from Sumner Locke Elliot's play, Rusty Bugles is set in an ordinance camp in the Northern Territory in 1944. The men are neither in nor out of the war. A cross section of Australian soldiers go through boredom, the news of infidelities at home, endless hope for leave - all coloured by unquenchable humour and optimism.

Notes

  • Television play.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Form: screenplay
      ca. 1964 .
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: Duplicated typescript
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Rehearsal script, ABN Channel 2, Drama and Features Department, 1964-1965, of Rusty Bugles, a play by Sumner Locke Elliott, adapted by John Warwick for television.

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: ML MSS 1152
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Television , 1965 .
      Extent: 75 mins.p.
      Series: y separately published work icon Wednesday Theatre Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1965-1969 7118326 1965 series - publisher

      An ABC anthology television series that played single-episode television programs from overseas, but also produced and promoted new Australian works.

      The individual works had no explicit thematic connection to one another, and the term 'theatre' was applied loosely: some instalments were adaptations of stage plays, but many appear to have been written directly as 'television plays'. The series also semi-regularly aired operas.

      In some instances, the productions were imported wholesale from other countries: 'Collect Your Hand Luggage' (aired 20 October 1965), for example, is a re-titled broadcast of ITV Television Playhouse episode 'Collect Your Hand Baggage' (originally aired in 1963).

      In other instances, the episodes are Australian productions of international works: 'Tartuffe' (aired 13 October 1965), for example, is an Australian production of the Moliere play, produced Henri Safran and with an Australian cast. These productions are only indexed individually on AustLit if there is a discernible Australian script-writer and/or localisation of the production.

      Wednesday Theatre followed a common pattern for anthology series on early Australian television, in that the Australian content rapidly dropped away and the series became primarily re-screenings of British productions: see also Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse.

      For a full listing of episodes and airdates, see under Film Details.

      Number in series: 1.25

Works about this Work

Forgotten Australian TV Plays : Rusty Bugles Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 11 June 2021;
Forgotten Australian TV Plays : Rusty Bugles Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 11 June 2021;
60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s Stephen Vagg , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 February 2019;
60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s Stephen Vagg , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 February 2019;
Forgotten Australian TV Plays : Rusty Bugles Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 11 June 2021;
Forgotten Australian TV Plays : Rusty Bugles Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 11 June 2021;
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