Tomorrow's Child (film)

Tomorrow's Child
Directed by Raymond Menmuir
Written by Alan Seymour
Based on play by John Coates
Production
company
ABC
Release dates
9 April 1957 (Sydney) (live)
26 April 1957 (Melbourne) (taped)
Running time
66 mins
Country Australia
Language English

Tomorrow's Child is an Australian television movie, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. It is notable as an early example of Australian television comedy and was Australia's first live hour long drama.

Promoted as A satirical comedy of the future,[1] it was set in a fictional police state.

It was based on a 1947 play by John Coates.[2]

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. Cast included James Condon, Janette Craig, Queenie Ashton, and Mayne Lynton.[3] Craig and Ashton later were regulars on Autumn Affair (1958-1959), the first Australian-produced television soap opera.

Cast

See also

References

  1. Sydney morning Herald 9 April 1957
  2. "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.
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JDBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3748%2C3316695


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