The Shifting Heart

Summary

1962 Associated Television production for ITV of The Shifting Heart by Richard Benyon.

Theatre play

The Shifting Heart by Richard Benyon [more information]

Play synopsis

'An insight to the psychology of racism and its victims. In the background of 1950s Collingwood, Melbourne. [...] Collingwood is a poor suburb populated by lower class Australian families and Italian immigrants’. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shifting_Heart.

Production history

Dated to 1957.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 18 December 1962

Time

9.15-10.45pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Credits

Director

Lionel Harris

Playwright

Richard Benyon

Adapted for Television by

David Lyons

Sets / Settings

Kenneth Mellor

Cast

June Brunell	Maria
Lewis Flander	Gino Bianchi
John Lee	Det.-Sgt Lukie
Reg Lye	Donny Pratt
Keith Michell	Clarry
Victor Platt	Poppa Bianchi
Madge Ryan	Leila Pratt
Gillian Webb	Momma Bianchi

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Australia, as theme or setting; Australian drama; race relations

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 14 December 1962 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, p. 14; listing, p. **