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form y separately published work icon Redheap series - publisher   film/TV  
Adaptation of Redheap Norman Lindsay , 1930 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Redheap
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Nineteen-year-old Robert Piper has spent all his life in the country. He now starts a new life at university in the city.

Notes

  • The ban on the novel had been lifted fourteen years prior to broadcast but concerns were still expressed over scenes depicting the 'almost nudity' of an 'imaginary bare-breasted nymph'.

    Source: 'Clever Casting' The Australian Women's Weekly 18 Oct 1972: 10.
    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47808854 (Sighted 10/5/12)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Australia,
      c
      :
      ABC Television ,
      1972 .
      Extent: 3 x 60 min. episodesp.
      Description: Black and white; sound
      Series: form y separately published work icon Norman Lindsay Festival Australian Broadcasting Commission (publisher), Australia : ABC Television , 1972 Z1302443 1972 series - publisher film/TV

      A series of television plays based on the novels of Norman Lindsay and aired in 1972 under the collective title of the Norman Lindsay Festival.

      Holdings

      Held at: National Archives of Australia National Archives Library
      Local Id: NAA C1060, 090 THE NORMAN LINDSAY FESTIVAL
      Note:
      Rehearsal script.
      Source: National Archive of Australia
      Sighted 26/04/2012

Works about this Work

Clever Casting Kirsten Blanch , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 18 October 1972; (p. 10)

— Review of Redheap Eleanor Witcombe , 1972 series - publisher film/TV ; Norman Lindsay Festival 1972 series - publisher film/TV
A short review that praises the production and discusses the issue of nudity on television in light of the banning of the novel. It includes a production still.
Clever Casting Kirsten Blanch , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 18 October 1972; (p. 10)

— Review of Redheap Eleanor Witcombe , 1972 series - publisher film/TV ; Norman Lindsay Festival 1972 series - publisher film/TV
A short review that praises the production and discusses the issue of nudity on television in light of the banning of the novel. It includes a production still.
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