Tomorrow's Child (film)

*Tomorrow's Child*
Tomorrow's Child
	Ad from 9 April 1957
Based on	play by John Coates
Screenplay by	Alan Seymour
Directed by	Raymond Menmuir
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 mins
Production company	ABC
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	9 April 1957 (Sydney) (live)
Release	26 April 1957 (Melbourne) (taped)

Tomorrow's Child is an Australian television film, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. Directed by Raymond Menmuir, it is notable as an early example of Australian television comedy and was Australia's first live hour long drama.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It was set in the future making it technically Australia's first science fiction drama.^[7]

Synopsis

Promoted as A satirical comedy of the future,^[8] it was set in a fictional police state.

Cast

James Condon as John Worthing
Janette Craig
Queenie Ashton
Mayne Lynton
Tom Farley
Bernard Barber
Lola Brooks

Craig and Ashton later were regulars on Autumn Affair (1958-1959), the first Australian-produced television soap opera.

Production

It was based on a 1947 play by John Coates, and written by Alan Seymour.^[9]

Broadcast

It aired on Sydney station ABN-2 on 9 April 1957. A kinescope was made of the broadcast and shown in Melbourne on ABV-2 on 26 April 1957, it is not known if the kinescope recording still exists.

References

^ "Advertisement". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 April 1957. p. 7.
^ "Police State Satire on TV". The Age. 25 April 1957. p. 15.
^ "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2-". ABC Weekly. 6 April 1957. p. 19.
^ "Looking A head on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 4 May 1957.
^ "Television news". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1957. p. 6.
^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
^ Vagg, Stephen (2021). "Forgotten Australian TV plays: The Astronauts". Filmink. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ Sydney morning Herald 9 April 1957
^ "U.K. NOT KEEN ON VICTORY PARADE". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 20 March 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "Advertisement". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 April 1957. p. 7.

[2] "Police State Satire on TV". The Age. 25 April 1957. p. 15.

[3] "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2-". ABC Weekly. 6 April 1957. p. 19.

[4] "Looking A head on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 4 May 1957.

[5] "Television news". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1957. p. 6.

[6] Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.

[astro-7] Vagg, Stephen (2021). "Forgotten Australian TV plays: The Astronauts". Filmink. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

[8] Sydney morning Herald 9 April 1957

[9] "U.K. NOT KEEN ON VICTORY PARADE". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 20 March 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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