A Rose Without a Thorn

1958 Australian film

A Rose without a Thorn

Directed by| Alan Burke
Based on| play by Clifford Bax
Distributed by| ABC

Release dates

| 10 September 1958 (live, Sydney)[1]
2 November 1958 (recording, Melbourne)[2]

Running time

| 60 mins
Country| Australia
Language| English

A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian television play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne.[3]

## Premise[edit]

The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.

## Cast[edit]

* Kevin Brennan as Henry VIII
* Margaret Wolfit as Anne of Cleves
* Elisabeth Waterhouse as Mary Lascelles
* Moray Powell as Thomas Cranmer
* Margo Lee as Catherine Howard
* Charles Tasman as Audley
* Jerome White as Thomas Culpepper
* John Huson as Earl of Hertford
* Philippa Baker

## Production[edit]

A Rose Without a Thorn had been performed in 1933. It was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived.[4][5] It was also filmed by British TV in 1948.[6]

It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television.[7] Seven different sets were used in the program.[8]

It was broadcast in a series of "live" dramas on Sunday night on ABV-2 Melbourne. In order, they were The Governess, The Last Call, The Rose without a Thorn, The Lark, Citizen of Westminster, and Enemy of the People (the last of "the season").[9]

## See also[edit]

* List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "All the TV Programmes". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 34.
2. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 31 October 1958. p. 24.
3. ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2, ABN". ABC Weekly. 10 September 1958. p. 33.
4. ^ Rose without a Thorn at AustLit
5. ^ "SATURDAY PLAYBILL—". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. LII, no. 110\. New South Wales. 15 December 1952. p. 2 (South Coast Times AND WOLLONGONG ARGUS FEATURE SECTION). Retrieved 12 February 2017 - via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ "TELEVISION FLASH-BACK ON HISTORY". Morning Bulletin. No. 27, 089. Queensland. 19 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2017 - via National Library of Australia.
7. ^ "Alan Burke talks about the early days of Television". Gore Hill Studios.
8. ^ "The Queen to make TV history". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 26, no. 21\. 29 October 1958. p. 74. Retrieved 9 February 2017 - via National Library of Australia.
9. ^ "Line Up of TV Dramas for Sunday Night". The Age. 26 September 1958. p. 24.

## External links[edit]

* A Rose Without a Thorn at IMDb

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TV productions of Alan Burke

Dramas|

* A Fourth for Bridge (1957)
* A Rose Without a Thorn (1958)
* His Excellency (1958)
* The Skin of Our Teeth (1959)
* Misery Me (1959)
* Wuthering Heights (1959)
* The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960)
* Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960)
* Venus Observed (1960)
* The Emperor Jones (1960)
* A Little South of Heaven (1961)
* The Merchant of Venice (1961)
* A Night Out (1961)
* The Taming of the Shrew (1962)
* My Three Angels (1962)
* The Young Victoria (1963)
* A Dead Secret (1963)
* The Tempest (1963)
* The Harp in the South (1964)
* Rusty Bugles (1965)
* Macbeth (1965)
* Dark Corridor (1965)
* The Prowler (1966)
* Antarctic Four (1966)
* The Survivor (1972)
* Redheap (1972)
* The Cousin from Fiji (1972)
* A Curate in Bohemia (1972)
* Dust or Polish? (1972)
* Halfway to Nowhere (1972)
* Essington (1974)
* Hamlet (1974)
* Ride on Stranger (1979)
* Coralie Lansdowne Says No (1980)
* A Toast to Melba (1980)
* Big Toys (1980)
* Departmental (1980)
* The Department (1980)
* Rusty Bugles (1981)
* A Hard God (1981)
* Going Home (1981)
* Jonah (1982)
* The Dean Case (1983)
* The Amorous Dentist (1983)
* A Halo for Athuan (1984)
* Kindred Spirits (1984)
* The Schippan Mystery (1984)
* Who Killed Hannah Jane? (1984)
* Rooted (1985)
* After Marcuse (1988)
* The Alien Years (1988)

Operas|

* Prima Donna (1959)
* Rita (1959)
* Cavalleria rusticana (1959)
* The Marriage of Figaro (1960)
* The Medium (1960)
* The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961)
* La Boheme (1961)
* Don Pasquale (1962)

Ballet|

* The Tell-Tale Heart (1961)

Musicals|

* Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only)
* Lola Montez (1962)
* The Sentimental Bloke (1976)

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