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Coralie Lansdowne Says No

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Coralie Lansdowne Says No
Written byAlex Buzo
Date premiered1974
Original languageEnglish
Genrecomedy

Coralie Lansdowne Says No is a play by Alex Buzo about a woman's struggle for independence.[1]

Plot

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Coralie is an independent woman who refuses to settle down to one man. When she stays at an ex lover's beach house, a series of visitors make her re-think her place in the world.

Production history

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The play was first produced by the Nimrod Theatre in 1974 as part of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts.

1980 TV adaptation

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"Coralie Lansdowne Says No"
Australian Theatre Festival episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 1
Directed byMichael Carson
Written byAlex Buzo
Featured musicJanine Chapman
Original air date20 July 1980 (1980-07-20)
Running time93 mins

The play was filmed by the ABC in 1980[2] as the first part of the Australian Theatre Festival.[3]

Producer Alan Burke says Buzo changed his own play significantly but was very happy with the result saying it better represented what he wanted to write.[4]

Cast

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Reception

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The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic called it "a TV flop".[5]

References

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  1. ^ Alex Buzo biography accessed 11 June 2013
  2. ^ "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p30
  4. ^ "Alan Burke interviewed by Bill Stephens in the Esso Performing Arts collection [sound recording]" (Podcast).
  5. ^ Semmler, Clement (30 July 1980). "Semmler on Television". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 8.
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