The Ambitious Servant Girl (1962)

Country

Australia

How it feels

This is a 1962 Australian TV adaptation of an Italian opera. A clever servant girl plots to marry her master. The story is presented as a stage play on television.

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What happens

The Ambitious Servant Girl is a 1962 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was based on Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's opera La serva padrona, and was directed by Christopher Muir. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. It stars June Bronhill is 40 minutes long. It was shot in Melbourne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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