Luther (1964 film)

1964 Australian TV series or program

Luther

Genre| history
Based on| play Luther by John Osborne
Written by| Phillip Grenville Mann
Directed by| Christopher Muir
Starring| Terry Norris
Country of origin| Australia
Original language| English
Production
Running time| 90 mins
Production company| Australian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Release| 15 July 1964 (Melbourne)[1]
22 July 1964 (1964-07-22) (Sydney)[2]
29 July 1964 (Brisbane)[3]

Luther is a 1964 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was adapted by Phillip Grenville Mann from the 1961 play by John Osborne.[4] It was directed in Melbourne by Christopher Muir and starred Terry Norris in the title role.

## Premise

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It is a biographical play about the life of Luther during the years of 1506–1530. The play shows his marriage and the interactions he had with the people in his life.[4]

## Cast

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* Terry Norris as Martin Luther
* Syd Conabere as Knight
* Douglas Kelly as Johann Tetzel
* Michael Duffield as Staupitz
* Brian James as Cajetan
* William Lloyd as Prior
* James Lynch as Hans
* Peter Aanensen as Lucas
* George Whaley as Brother Weinand
* Beverley Dunn as Katherine
* Glen Farmer as Militz
* Michael Cole as Pope Leo X
* Keith Lee as Eck
* John Royle as Emperor
* Ian Neill as Ulrich
* Ray Angel as archbishop
* Colin McEwan as one of the monks

## Production

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Osborne's play was first performed in 1961. The play had a cast of 34 and was headlined by Norris, who that year had already been seen in Nude with Violin, The Sponge Room and The Physicists. Colin McEwan, who played a monk, was a radio personality, moving into acting.[5][6] It was designed by Paul Cleveland.[7] It was the TV dramatic acting debut of singer Michael Cole.[3]

## Reception

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The Age said it was "baffling".[8] This review prompted a letter of response from Chris Muir.[9]

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "quite painfully cramped and distorted... Norris made Luther hardly credible... the play seemed to take place in the vacuum"[10]

The Canberra Times said "Christopher Muir's production, the best so far this year, was among the most successful of all local productions, at least since Ray Mcnnuir's departure. The first moments of the play, in particular, made spectacular television."[11]

## References

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1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 9 July 1964. p. 31.
2. ^ "Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 1964. p. 90.
3. ^ a b "Enraged ex priest burned pope's order". TV Times. 22 July 1964.
4. ^ a b "Luther play on A.B.C. 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 905. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 July 1964. p. 11. Retrieved 10 December 2016 - via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ "TV Tackles Controversial Play About Martin Luther". The Age. 9 July 1964. p. 21.
6. ^ "Luther Lives Again". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 July 1964. p. 8.
7. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 9 July 1964. p. 31.
8. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 23 June 1964. p. 13.
9. ^ Muir, Christopher (31 July 1964). "Luther Play Followed Version of Playwright". The Age. p. 23.
10. ^ ""Luther" a play for TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 1964. p. 17.
11. ^ "CRITIC No reason for cutting ABC's Luther". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 910. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 July 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 14 February 2017 - via National Library of Australia.

## External links

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* Luther at IMDb

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TV productions of Christopher Muir

TV plays|

* The Proposal (1957)
* Dark Brown (1957)
* Killer in Close-Up (1957)
* The Duke in Darkness (1957)
* Last Call (1958)
* Outpost (1959)
* Black Chiffon (1959)
* Antony and Cleopatra (1959)
* Till Death Do Us Part (1959)
* Dinner with the Family (1959)
* The Astronauts (1960)
* Uncle Martino (1960)
* Eye of the Night (1960)
* It's the Geography That Counts (1960)
* Waters of the Moon (1961)
* The First Joanna (1961)
* The Rivals (1961)
* Quiet Night (1961)
* Marriage Lines (1962)
* Martine (1961)
* Boy Round the Corner (1962)
* Fury in Petticoats (1962)
* The Teeth of the Wind (1962)
* She'll Be Right (1962)
* Man of Destiny (1963)
* A Piece of Ribbon (1963)
* The White Carnation (1963)
* The Physicists (1964)
* Six Characters in Search of an Author (1964)
* Luther (1964)
* Nude with Violin (1964)
* Everyman (1964)
* The Tower (1965)
* Boy with Banner (1966) (not screened)
* Topaze (1966)
* A Ride on the Big Dipper (1967)
* Shadow on the Wall (1968)
* The Party (1969)

Operas|

* Amahl and the Night Visitors (1957)
* Fidelo (1958)
* Albert Herring (1959)
* The Bartered Bride (1960)
* The Secret of Susannah (1961)
* Il Tabarro (1961)
* The Ambitious Servant Girl (1962)
* The Prodigal Son (1962)
* The Consul (1962)
* Bastien and Bastienne (1963)
* Simone Boccanegra (1963)
* Peter Grimes (1964)
* The Bloodless Sand (1964)
* Martha (1964)
* Carmen (1965)

Ballets|

* Giselle (1959)
* Ballet Studio (1959)
* The Nutcracker (1960)
* Coppelia (1960)
* The Bloodless Sand (1961)
* Sylvia (1961)
* Caranval (1961)
* The Spider's Banquet (1963)
* One in Five (1963)
* Robert Pomie Ballet (1963)
* Hans Christian Anderson (1963)
* The New Horizon (1964)
* The Fir Tree (1964)
* Seven Deadly Sins (1965)
* She (1967)

Feature film|

* Libido (1973)

TV series|

* Lucky Colour Blue (1975) (TV series)
* Andra (1976) (TV series)
* Golden Pennies (1985) (TV mini series)
* Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1988)

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Works by John Osborne

Plays|

* The Devil Inside Him (1950)
* Personal Enemy (1954)
* Look Back in Anger (1956)
* The Entertainer (1957)
* Epitaph for George Dillon (1957)
* The World of Paul Slickey (1959)
* Luther (1961)
* Plays for England
* The Blood of the Bambergs (1962)
* Under Plain Cover (1962)
* Inadmissible Evidence (1964)
* A Patriot for Me (1965)
* A Bond Honoured (1966)
* The Hotel in Amsterdam (1968)
* Time Present (1968)
* West of Suez (1971)
* A Sense of Detachment (1972)
* The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
* Place Calling Itself Rome (1973)
* Watch It Come Down (1976)
* Try a Little Tenderness (1978)
* The End of Me Old Cigar (1975)
* The Father (1989)
* Déjàvu (1991)

Film & TV|

* Look Back in Anger (1958)
* The Entertainer (1960)
* A Subject Of Scandal And Concern (1960)
* Tom Jones (1963)
* Luther (1964)
* The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
* Inadmissible Evidence (1968)
* The Right Prospectus (1970)
* The Gift of Friendship (1972)
* Luther (1974)
* Ms, Or Jill and Jack (1974)
* Almost a Vision (1976)
* The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
* Look Back in Anger (1980)
* Very like a Whale (1980)
* You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (1980)
* A Better Class of Person (1985)
* Colonel Redl (1985)
* God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985)
* Look Back in Anger (1989)

Books|

* A Better Class of Person (1981)
* Almost a Gentleman (1991)
* Damn You England: Collected Prose (1994)

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Martin Luther

* Bibliography
* Resources about Martin Luther

Works|

* Ninety-five Theses (1517)
* Sermon on Indulgences and Grace (1518)
* To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520)
* On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520)
* On the Freedom of a Christian (1520)
* Against Henry, King of the English (1522)
* Luther Bible (1522, 1534)
* The Adoration of the Sacrament (1523)
* Formula missae (1523)
* Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants (1525)
* On the Bondage of the Will (1525)
* The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ—Against the Fanatics (1526)
* Deutsche Messe (1526)
* Confession Concerning Christ's Supper (1528)
* On War Against the Turk (1529)
* Small Catechism (1529)
* Articles of Schwabach (1529)
* Large Catechism (1529)
* Smalcald Articles (1537)
* On the Councils and the Church (1539)
* On the Jews and Their Lies (1543)
* Vom Schem Hamphoras (1543)
* Luther's Table Talk (1566)
* Weimar edition of Luther's works

| List of hymns|

* First Lutheran hymnal (1524)
* Erfurt Enchiridion (1524)
* Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn (1524)
* "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (1529)
* "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" (1543)

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Topics
and events|

* Reformation
* Lutheranism
* Heidelberg Disputation, 1518
* Leipzig Debate, 1519
* Exsurge Domine, 1520
* Diet of Worms, 1521
* Decet Romanum Pontificem, 1521
* Marburg Colloquy, 1529
* Augsburg Confession, 1530
* Luther's canon
* Theology of Martin Luther
* Theology of the Cross
* Priesthood of all believers
* Sola fide
* Sola scriptura
* Two kingdoms
* Beerwolf (1539)
* Law and Gospel
* Marian theology
* Eucharist in Lutheranism
* Sacramental union
* Words of Institution
* Antisemitism
* Propaganda during the Reformation
* Die Lügend von S. Johanne Chrysostomo (1537 edition)

People|

* Hans and Margarethe Luther (parents)
* Katharina von Bora (wife)
* Magdalena Luther (daughter)
* Paul Luther (son)
* Albert of Brandenburg
* Bartholomaeus Arnoldi
* Erasmus
* Georg Rörer
* Johann Cochlaeus
* Johann Reuchlin
* Johann von Staupitz
* Justus Jonas
* Karl von Miltitz
* Andreas Karlstadt
* Philip Melanchthon
* Pope Leo X
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
* Frederick the Wise
* Albrecht VII. von Mansfeld

Luther sites|

* All Saints' Church, Wittenberg
* Stadtkirche Wittenberg
* Lutherhaus
* Lutherstädte
* Martin Luther's Birth House
* Martin Luther's Death House
* Melanchthonhaus (Wittenberg)
* St. Augustine's Monastery
* Veste Coburg (Fortress)
* Wartburg Castle

Film and theatre|

* Martin Luther (1923 film)
* Luther (1928 film)
* Martin Luther (1953 film)
* Luther (1961 play)
* Luther (1964 film)
* Luther (1974 film)
* Martin Luther, Heretic (1983 film)
* Luther (2003 film)
* Luther and I (2017 film)

Luther Monuments|

* Luther Monument, Washington D.C.
* Luther Monument, Worms

Related|

* Luther rose
* Theologia Germanica

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