| Director: | William Sterling |
| Based On: | play by Fritz Hochwälder. |
| Company: | ABC |
| Released: | (Melbourne, live)[1] |
| Released2: | (Sydney)[2] |
| Runtime: | 75 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
The Public Prosecutor is a 1958 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was set during the French Revolution and was based on a play by Fritz Hochwälder. It was shown live in Melbourne in July 1958 but did not screen in Sydney until 1960.[3]
The Public Prosecutor is responsible for rounding up victims of the guillotine. He wants the name of a man known only to Theresia. Meanwhile the French Assembly of Deputies debate the end of terror. The identity of the final victim is a surprise.
The play had been performed by the BBC in 1957.[4]
It was shot at ABC's new studios at Rippon Lea. It was Patricia Kennedy's second TV performance following playing Mrs Rattenbury in Killer in Close Up.[5] The play took eight weeks to prepare and involved construction of an eight foot guillotine.[1]
Designer John Peters had also designed sets depicting revolutionary France in the film The Elusive Pimpernel.[6]
GTV-9 engineers called up after the broadcast to congratulate ABV-2 on the technical excellence of the program.[7]