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Sunday Costs Five Pesos

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Sunday Costs Five Pesos
Genrecomedy
Based onplay by Josefina Niggli
Directed byPaul O'Loughlin[2]
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release15 May 1957 (1957-05-15) (Sydney)[1]
Release21 June 1957 (1957-06-21) (Melbourne)[3]

Sunday Costs Five Pesos is a 1957 Australian television film based on the one-act stage play of the same name by Josefina Niggli. Aired live in Melbourne,[4] it was a comedy set in Mexico.

A kinescope recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney at a later date. These were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time. Duration of the television play was approximately 30 minutes, and aired on ABC.

It was one of the first comedies produced for Australian television, which had begun less than a year earlier.

Plot

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A Mexican woman deals with an unfaithful lover.

Cast

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  • Guy Le Claire
  • Melpo Zaracosta (a Greek actor who had moved to Australia)
  • Brenda Senders
  • Audrey Teasdale
  • Joan Landor

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Television News". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 1957. p. 9.
  2. ^ "Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 18 May 1957. p. 33.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 June 1957. p. 16.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1957. p. 14.
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