The Dock Brief is a 1960 Australian TV play directed by Ray Menmuir and starring Reg Lye and Moray Powell. It was based on the play by John Mortimer.[4]

Premise

The barrister Morgenall is given a brief to defend a bird seed seller, Fowle, accused of murdering his wife.

Cast

  • Reg Lye as Fowle
  • Moray Powell as Morgenhall

Production

The play was made in Sydney under the direction of Ray Menmuir. A radio version of the play had been performed in Australia the previous year.[5]

Menmuir said "as first seen the characters are quite comical but as the play progresses we begin to laugh with them rather than at them."[6]

Douglas Smith designed the set which consisted of two areas: the prison cell and the imaginary courtroom. Special effects were used to create a "courtroom of the imagination" for a later scene.[7]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "beautifully acted" praising Menmuir's "admirably deft and very imaginative production."[8]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 1960. p. 21.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 11 February 1960. p. 33.
  3. ^ "Advertisement". 17 February 1960. p. 5.
  4. ^ "The P.M.G.'s private eye". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 27, no. 37. Australia. 17 February 1960. p. 68. Retrieved 22 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "TV Presentation of Prize Drama About a Brief". The Age. 11 February 1960. p. 23.
  6. ^ "Comedy and Pathos at the Bar". TV Times. 10 March 1960. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Courtroom for Two". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 1960. p. 22.
  8. ^ ""Dock Brief" Telecast from ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 January 1960. p. 5.
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