| Based On: | play by Clifford Bax |
| Director: | Alan Burke |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 60 mins |
| Released: | (live, Sydney)[1] |
| Released2: | (recording, Melbourne)[2] |
A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne.[3]
The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.
A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived.[4] [5] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948.[6]
It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television.[7] Seven different sets were used in the program.[8]
It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season").[9]