President Wilson in Paris

President Wilson in Paris is a 1973 play by Ron Blair set during the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p125 It was also adapted for television by the ABC.

Premise

President Woodrow Wilson is in Paris for the peace talks after World War One. They are visited by the mysterious Colonel House.

Productions

The stage play's original production was directed by John Bell and debuted at the Nimrod Theatre in Sydney on 7 February 1973. The cast consisted of John Krummel, Anna Volska and Max Cullen.{{Citation |author1=N.S.W. Teachers' Federation. |title=Theatre: Young writers receive awards |date=31 Jan 1973 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-729167770 |journal=Education: Journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation |volume=54 |issue=1 |orig-date=1919 |access-date=2 July 2023 |location=Sydney |publisher=The Federation |issn=0013-1156 |id=nla.obj-729167770 |author2=New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. |department=volumes |via=Trove}} Reviewing it, H. G. Kippax of the Sydney Morning Herald gave it a "hearty recommendation."{{cite news |last=Kippax |first=H.G. |date=12 February 1973 |title=Black Comedy |page=23 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

The play was subsequently performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company.{{cite news |date=26 October 1973 |title=President thrills |volume=XL |page=14 |newspaper=The Australian Jewish News |issue=4 |location=Victoria, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article262928572 |accessdate=2 July 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Television adaptation

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Robyn Nevin
Dennis Miller

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The play was filmed at the ABC's Sydney studios in 1973 with a new cast including Tim Elliot as Woodrow Wilson, Robyn Nevin as Edith Wilson and Dennis Miller as Colonel House.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide|page= 4|date=17 September 1973|title=President's strange night}} It was one of a series of Australian stage plays filmed by the ABC in the early 1970s. The played aired on 9 September, 1973 .{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 September 1973|page= 18}}

References

External links

[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C8991 President Wilson in Paris] at AustLit
[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/2245 President Wilson in Paris] at AusStage

Category:Australian television films

Category:1973 television films

Category:1973 films

Category:Films directed by Julian Pringle

Category:1970s English-language films

Category:1970s Australian films