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THE STAGE Tele Views: 'THE TRIUMPHANT'

... learned loo late that her motive for crimc was a mistaken one. Tense with emotion one minute, subservient the next to the woman who A Id the remainder of her life within her power, Miss Leighton ran through a large range of excited mental slates and made ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1956
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 227 | Page: 32 | Tags: television review 

T V: WHAT THE TV DIRECTOR LOOKS FOR

... artists to over-play, rely ing on their own direction to get the right result. In a medium where we arc told a whisper is better than a shout, this j is notable. It is also a pointer to the fact that TV actors must look beyond the obvious things like sincerity ...

Published: Thursday 29 May 1958
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1246 | Page: 6 | Tags: television review 

Television Today: REVIEWS - IN CONFIDENCE

... IN CONFIDENCE A-R August 22 CHARMING Colonel Aplin (Dennis Price) rescues charming Angela Fairbourne (Vivien Merchant) from an embarrassing situation and before long is chatting her up in the most charming way. But we soon realise--from both tne dialogue ...

Published: Thursday 29 August 1963
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 307 | Page: 10 | Tags: television review 

Television Today: THE DESPERATE MAN ON PLATFORM 10

... himself? Did he want us to enjoy seeing some one else make a mildly rude gesture at bowler-hatted re spectability? As quoted in TV Times, I.ee I>ehman wanted to show a man who had a once-in-a-blue- moon moment of revolt. This was fine so long as we thought ...

Published: Thursday 26 September 1963
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 357 | Page: 10 | Tags: television review 

REVIEWS: RED SKY IN THE MORNING

... bedevilled by a breakdown and this may have made me miss some important lead that would have given more point to the rest of the play. It was all chat and no action, involving a model who, after being jilted by a titled young man in favour of ...

Published: Thursday 19 December 1963
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 280 | Page: 10 | Tags: television review 

REVIEWS: Lance could become one of the greats

... laugh and I always take the chance to see him. In this opening to his new comedy series he lost his watch while chatting to a baby in a pram. His attempts to retrieve the timepiece formed the theme of the story and the situations he landed himself in ...

Published: Thursday 20 August 1964
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 521 | Page: 12 | Tags: television review 

TELEVISION TODAY reviews: Me Ask No Questions

... i_ What with aH the different accents and all the chat going on all round, quite a lot of the detail of this plot was lost on me. In this sort of realistic production, I find that I only need to miss a pregnant sentence from one of Che characters and I ...

Published: Thursday 07 January 1965
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 404 | Page: 20 | Tags: television review 

Failed to communicate ideas to the audience

... were handsome; but what must be the income of a girl like Mandy to have such a flat, and where does she aet it! KARI ANDERSON Derren Nesbitt, as Harry, chats up his hostess, Sheila Hancock, in ATV's play A Fearful Thing reviewed on the left by Marjorie ...

Published: Thursday 18 March 1965
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 520 | Page: 12 | Tags: television review 

An object lesson from Anthony

... caretaker made Dario Bellini's A Fearful Thing seem to have greater depth than it really had. But, although it was not a great play, it was thought-provoking and, from time to time, frightening. Anthony Quayle played a man who at first seemed to be on ...

Published: Thursday 18 March 1965
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 480 | Page: 12 | Tags: television review 

TELEVISION TODAY reviews: Heavy-handed efforts to be risque

... Heavy-handed efforts to be risque MEMOIRS OF A CHAISE LONGUE BBC-I, Friday. July 2 ON paper this no doubt looked a lulu of an idea. What a scream to have Alan Melville as a talking chaise longue chatting about events it has witnessed! Indeed ...

Published: Thursday 08 July 1965
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 472 | Page: 12 | Tags: television review