| Based On: | the play Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman |
| Director: | Alan Burke |
| Starring: | Lola Brooks Ric Hutton |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 60 mins[1] |
| Company: | ABC |
| Network: | ABC |
| Released: | (Sydney, Melbourne)[2] [3] |
The Young Victoria is an Australian television film of 1963 which aired on ABC on 27 March 1963. Based on the play Victoria Regina, it is a 60-minute drama about the courtship and marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert. It stars Lola Brooks as Victoria and Ric Hutton as Albert.[4] [5] [6]
The production was reduced to four vignettes. It was sponsored by the International ' Theatre Institute, the drama-wing of-UNESCO, to celebrate World Theatre day.[7] It was shown on the same day in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to celebrate the day.[8]
The courtship of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Douglas Smith did the sets.[9]
The Sydney Morning Herald gave the film a mixed review, calling it "mildly entertaining and agreeably presented" but also "these excerpts did not succeed in amounting to a play... it was all rather like a musical comedy without the music".[10]
The Age gave it a mixed review.[11]
The Bulletin gave the production "three cheers".