The Passionate Pianist (1957)

Country

Australia

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How it feels

A comedic television play about a passionate pianist. It was one of the first locally written comedies for Australian TV in the 1950s.

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What happens

The Passionate Pianist is an Australian television film, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. This was part of ABC's twice monthly presentations of live plays during the late-1950s (one live play each month in Sydney and Melbourne, respectively, with most kinescoped for showing in the other city). At the time, most one-off drama and comedy plays produced for Australian television were adaptations of overseas works, and The Passionate Pianist is notable as it represents an early example of a locally-written comedy for the medium. The Passionate Pianist aired on 2 October 1957, in Sydney, and on 1 November 1957, in Melbourne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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