Fly by Night (TV play)

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| writer = G.C. Brown

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| director = Bill Bain{{Cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|date=9 August 1962|page=35}}

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| runtime = 60 mins{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Television|date=June 27, 1962|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121435905/?terms=%22fly%20by%20night%22&match=1}}

| company = Australian Broadcasting Commission

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| released = {{Start date|1962|06|27|df=y}} (live, Sydney){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121434810/?terms=%22fly%20by%20night%22&match=1|title=TV Guide|date=25 June 962|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}

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Fly By Night is a 1962 Australian TV play broadcast on the ABC and filmed in London. Written expressly for television, it starred Sophie Stewart who was also in The Little Woman.{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Interview with Stage Star|date=5 November 1962|page=19}}{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 18, 1962|title=Make-up Artist in "Live" Play|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121428976/?terms=%22fly%20by%20night%22&match=1}}

Plot

In London near the Thames, Miss Tyrell, an elderly vagrant, meets a middle aged suburban housewife and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter, in a dockside cafe. Miss Tyrell prompts the Dexters to rebel against their life.

Cast

Dorothy Dunckley as Miss Tyrell
Sophie Stewart as Mrs Dexter, suburban housewife
Michael Duffield as her husband, Mr Dexter
John Ewart as Taxi Driver
Stewart Ginn
Peter Morris
Lou Vernon as Seamus
James Elliott as Seaman
Olive Walker
Nat Levison

Production

The play had originally been filmed for British TV in 1961.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0789669/ Fly By Night 1961 British TV version] at IMDb{{better source needed|date=October 2020}}

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "sensitive acting from a small but extremely competent cast triumphed... over rudimentary camera techniques to produce one of the most absorbing plays to appear on Channel 2 for a very long time.... Michael Dufficld's characterisation of the retired businessman, still haunted by youthful dreams of adventure, was a completely authentic... Dorothy Dunckley... gave an outstanding portrayal."{{cite news|title=Television Play Fine|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 28, 1962|page=10}}

The Australian Women's Weekly called it "a most enjoyable TV surprise. The surprise was its standard - miles above the general standard of A.B.C. live plays in acting,production, and story. The story, described as a comedy with a difference,was not so darned comic. It was too real."{{cite news|author=Musgrove, Nan |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43739994 |title=The Big Channel Switch |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=30 |location=Australia |date=11 July 1962 |accessdate=20 February 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}

References

Category:1962 Australian television plays

Category:1962 television plays

Category:Television plays directed by Bill Bain (director)