Sunday Costs Five Pesos Explained

Genre:comedy
Based On:play by Josefina Niggli
Director:Paul O'Loughlin[1]
Country:Australia
Language:English
Runtime:30 mins
Company:ABC
Network:ABC
Released: (Sydney)[2]
Released2: (Melbourne)[3]

Sunday Costs Five Pesos is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by Josefina Niggli. Aired live in Melbourne,[4] it was a comedy set in Mexico.

A kinescope recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on ABC.

It was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier.

Plot

A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover.

Cast

See also

References

  1. Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN) . 33. 18 May 1957. ABC Weekly.
  2. News: Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 1957. Television News. 9.
  3. News: TV Guide. The Age. 21 June 1957. 16.
  4. News: The Age. TV Guide. 20 June 1957. 14.

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