Australian Theatre Festival

The Australian Theatre Festival was a series of adaptations of Australian plays filmed by the ABC in 1979-80. Six plays were filmed in all at an estimated budget of $5,000 an episode. They aired on Sunday night opposite movies on the commercial channels.[1] They were partly inspired by a government ruling that the ABC could keep any money it made selling projects overseas.[2]

The series was not a ratings success.[3]

Episodes

First Series:

Carolie Lansdowne Says No by Alex Buzo
A Toast to Melba by Jack Hibberd
Big Toys by Patrick White
Departmental by Mervyn Rutherford
The Department by David Williamson
Bedfellows by Barry Oakley[4]

Second Series:

A Hard God by Peter Kenna[5]

References

"Culled Out!". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 20 August 1980. p. 165 Supplement: Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
"THE LINE-UP FOR 1980". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 February 1980. p. 46. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
Australian Theatre Festival at AustLit
"TELEVISION An affectionate play". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 394). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1980. p. 14. Retrieved 12 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

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[1] "Culled Out!". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 20 August 1980. p. 165 Supplement: Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

[2] "THE LINE-UP FOR 1980". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 February 1980. p. 46. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

[3] Australian Theatre Festival at AustLit

[4] "TELEVISION An affectionate play". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 394). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1980. p. 14. Retrieved 12 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.