Series: | Wednesday Theatre |
Season: | 2 |
Episode: | 1 |
Director: | Oscar Whitbread |
Teleplay: | Stewart Love |
Length: | 50 mins[1] |
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Next: | Brimstone Butterfly |
"Plain Jane" is a 1966 Australian TV movie. It stars Elspeth Ballantyne and was produced by Oscar Whitbread for the ABC.[2] [3] "Plain Jane" aired on 5 January 1966 in Sydney and Melbourne,[4] and on 25 May 1966 in Brisbane.[5]
It was based on a TV play which had been performed by the BBC in 1963.
A man, Martin (Martin Magee), gets cold feet on the evening of his wedding to Kathleen. His friends give him advice, including a married couple, Adrian and Myrtle, but he is forced to make his own decision.[6]
It was written by a Belfast school teacher. The play was performed on the BBC two years earlier by Eric Taylor who since joined the ABC. The play was filmed in Melbourne.[7]