Rita is a 1959 Australian television play directed by Alan Burke. Produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the program presents a televised recording of an opera by Gaetano Donizetti. It originally aired on 3 September 1959 and has a running time of approximately 60 minutes.
Production
- Director: Alan Burke
- Country of origin: Australia
- Original language: English
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Original release: 3 September 1959 (ABC television)
Cast
- Rosalind Keene as Rita
- Joe Jenkins – role unspecified
- Ereach Riley as Beppo
- Russell Smith as Gasparo
Context
Rita forms part of a series of live television plays broadcast by the ABC during the 1950s, a period when the corporation regularly adapted stage works—including operas—for the emerging medium of television. The production is noted for being a televised rendition of a Donizetti opera, a relatively uncommon format for Australian TV at the time.
References
- "Rita (1959 film)." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_(1959_film).
- Burke, Alan (director). Rita (TV play). Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1959.
This entry is based on available encyclopedic sources and reflects the known factual information about the 1959 Australian television play “Rita.”