form y separately published work icon Norman Lindsay Festival series - publisher   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Norman Lindsay Festival
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A series of television plays based on the novels of Norman Lindsay and aired in 1972 under the collective title of the Norman Lindsay Festival.

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form y separately published work icon A Curate in Bohemia Michael Boddy , Australia : ABC Television , 1972 Z1292799 1972 single work film/TV

A young man considering the priesthood as his vocation finds himself in the company of a group of artists. Their Bohemian lifestyle leads him to spend his time and money on the pleasures of alcohol, food, and stimulating company.

Australia : ABC Television , 1972
form y separately published work icon The Cousin from Fiji Barbara Vernon , Australia : ABC Television , 1972 Z1292562 1972 series - publisher film/TV

A period drama set in the 1890s, the narrative concerns eighteen-year-old Ella Belairs, who returns to her home in Ballarat, Victoria after having spent her childhood in Fiji.

Australia : ABC Television , 1972
form y separately published work icon Redheap Eleanor Witcombe , Australia : ABC Television , 1972 Z869036 1972 series - publisher film/TV

Nineteen-year-old Robert Piper has spent all his life in the country. He now starts a new life at university in the city.

Australia : ABC Television , 1972
form y separately published work icon Halfway to Anywhere Halfway to Nowhere Cliff Green , Australia : ABC Television , 1972 Z1302591 1972 single work film/TV

Based on Norman Lindsay's novel of the same name, the narrative explores issues around the subject of growing up in a small rural community.

Australia : ABC Television , 1972
form y separately published work icon Dust or Polish Peter Joseph Kenna , Australia : ABC Television , 1972 Z1292807 1972 single work film/TV Australia : ABC Television , 1972

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1972

Works about this Work

Clever Casting Kirsten Blanch , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 18 October 1972; (p. 10)

— Review of Redheap Eleanor Witcombe , 1972 series - publisher film/TV ; Norman Lindsay Festival 1972 series - publisher film/TV
A short review that praises the production and discusses the issue of nudity on television in light of the banning of the novel. It includes a production still.
Clever Casting Kirsten Blanch , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 18 October 1972; (p. 10)

— Review of Redheap Eleanor Witcombe , 1972 series - publisher film/TV ; Norman Lindsay Festival 1972 series - publisher film/TV
A short review that praises the production and discusses the issue of nudity on television in light of the banning of the novel. It includes a production still.
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