Martine (film) explained

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Country:Australia
Language:English
Producer:Christopher Muir
Runtime:60 mins
Company:Australian Broadcasting Commission
Released: (Melbourne, live)[1]
Released2:(Sydney, taped)[2]

Martine is a 1961 Australian television play directed by Christopher Muir in Melbourne.

It was based on a play by Jean-Jacques Bernard.

Plot

In France, a young peasant girl Martine is secretly in love with Julien, a sophisticated man, even though he has a wife Joanne, who Madame Mervan arranged for him to marry. Alfred courts Martine but she rejects him.

Cast

Production

The play was long in the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise and director Chris Muir said it required tender and delicate handling.[3] Annette Andre said she enjoyed working with Muir "he was very intelligent and more experienced. He wasn’t easy, but he could get a performance out of an actor."[4]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said Parslow's "fine acting gave" the production "a touch of excellence that it otherwise could not hope to attain" calling the story "poignant, tender and slight."[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: The Age. TV try out for the Unspoken. 26 October 1961. 13.
  2. News: Sydney Morning Herald. December 23, 1961. 11. TV guide.
  3. News: School of Drama. 26 October 1961. The Age. 25.
  4. Web site: Filmink. Stephen. Vagg. Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career. 29 August 2020.
  5. News: Sydney Morning Herald. 4. Television Production of Martine. December 28, 1961.