The Public Prosecutor

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The Public Prosecutor
Directed by William Sterling
Written by William Sterling
Based on play by Fritz Hochwälder.
Production
company
ABC
Release dates
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  • 23 July 1958 (1958-07-23) (Melbourne, live)[1]
  • 6 January 1960 (1960-01-06) (Sydney)[2]
Running time
 75 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

The Public Prosecutor is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the French Revolution and was based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder. It was shown live in Melbourne in July 1958 but did not screen in Sydney until 1960.[3]

Plot

The Public Prosecutor is responsible for rounding up victims of the guillotine. He wants the name of a man known only to Theresia. Meanwhile the French Assembly of Deputies debate the end of terror. The identity of the final victim is a surprise.

Cast

  • Frank Gatliff as Fouquier, the Prosecutor
  • John Morgan as Tallien, Theresia's husband
  • Patricia Kennedy as Theresia

Production

The play had been performed by the BBC in 1957.[4]

It was shot at ABC's new studios at Rippon Lea. It was Patricia Kennedy's second TV performance following playing Mrs Rattenbury in Killer in Close Up.[5] The play took eight weeks to prepare and involved construction of an eight foot guillotine.[1]

Designer John Peters had also designed sets depicting revolutionary France in the film The Elusive Pimpernel.[6]

Reception

GTV-9 engineers called up after the broadcast to congratulate ABV-2 on the technical excellence of the program.[7]

See also

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