Brumby Innes

1973 Australian TV series or program

Brumby Innes

Based on| Brumby Innes
by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Written by| Katharine Susannah Prichard
Starring| Dennis Miller
Lynette Curran
Vic Marsh
Peter Cummins
Country of origin| Australia
Original language| English
Production
Running time| 75 mins
Original release
Network| Network 10
Release| 26 June 1973 (1973-06-26)

Brumby Innes is a play by Katharine Susannah Prichard, written in the 1920s but not performed professionally until 1972. A TV film adaptation was broadcast in 1973.[1]

## Premise

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A station manager lives alone in the outback except for his best friend and local black women. A white woman arrives.

## Play

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Prichard's play had been written in the 1920s. In 1927 it won a competition for best Australian play.[2][3]

It was performed in 1972 at The Pram Factory, Melbourne in an Australian Performing Group and Nindethana Theatre co-production.[4][5][6]

## TV adaptation

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* Dennis Miller as Brumby Innes
* Lynette Curran
* Vic Marsh
* Peter Cummins

## References

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1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p20
2. ^ "A WEST AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST". The West Australian. Perth. 15 June 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015 - via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ "BRUMBY INNES". Sunday Mail. Brisbane. 27 November 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2015 - via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "Pram Factory Recollections" by John Smythe accessed 22 June 2013
5. ^ "WRITERS' WORLD". The Canberra Times. 25 November 1972. p. 12. Retrieved 24 May 2015 - via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ "brumby innes". Tribune. No. 1779\. New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1972. p. 8. Retrieved 22 June 2024 - via National Library of Australia.

## External links

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* Brumby Innes at IMDb
* Brumby Innes Australian theatre productions at AusStage

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