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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 The Woman from Poland
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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'HANNA LEITZ: About 56. Came to Australia from Poland in 1958. Speaks English with a heavy accent. A small woman whose life is dominated by her adoration for her dead son, and her formidable guilt complex on the other. Devout Orthodox Jew.

'CRAIG HENDERSON: 17, but looks younger. A golden headed boy, charming on the surface, but with a violent sadistic streak. Australian.

'MRS CONNOR: Garrulous busybody of Irish ancestry. Very loud, and about 45.

'ITALIAN DRUNK: Expansive drunken shearers cook. 40.

'MORGAN: Night manager of service station. 55?

'WARD SISTER: Mid 30s. Efficient, practical.

'OLD MAN: 70. All he lives for is his dog. Decrepit.

'FRANK HENDERSON: 45. Alcoholic crim. Has been in Pentridge most of his life. It is essential that neither he nor Rita (below) should be played for laughs.

'RITA: Frank's mistress. 40. Fat and blowsy. Please don't send her up.

'GARAGE MANAGER: 40. Cheerful Australian.

'ATTENDANT: 22. Mechanic. Australian.

'ETHEL JACOBS: The antithesis of Hanna. A cheerful, jolly woman. 50. Preferably Jewish.

'POLICE CONSTABLE ONE: Young, speaking

'POLICE CONSTABLE TWO: Young, speaking'.

Notes

  • This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Note: Crawford Productions tribute website (crawfordproductions.tv) suggstes that Hinrichsen was credited as director and Jacob as studio director.
      1974 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (from the Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 63p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is copied on a combination of blue and white paper and labelled 'Episode VV4' on the cover page. A notation in the upper right-hand corner of the cover page reads 'Jan Randall'. According to the Crawford Productions tribute website (crawfordproductions.tv), Janet Randall worked in the publicity department.
      • The script includes covering the prayers of the primary character, a devout Orthodox Jew. The prayers are 'Blessing Over the Sabbath Candles' and 'The Mourners Kaddish'. At the bottom of this page, a note reads (in all caps) 'See Bronwyn Binns who has details of advice on the religious aspects of this script.'
      • There is an annotation on page 43 in black ink, noting the change of a scene from film to live (something that is also listed on the memo of alterations). There are no other annotations on this copy of the script.
      • The file also contains the following ancillary material:
        1. A one-page memo from '"Division 4" script editing department' to 'All concerned with the production of "Division 4" episode VV4 "The Woman from Poland".' The memo outlines a series of changes from the deletion of entire scenes to the relatively minor alteration of dialogue. The memo also has 'Jan Randall' hand-written in the top right-hand corner.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC DIV : 253
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