Ruth (film)
| "Ruth" | |
|---|---|
| Shell Presents episode | |
| Episode no. |
Season 1 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Rod Kinnear |
| Teleplay by | John Glennon |
| Original air date | 5 September 1959 |
Ruth is an Australian TV play. It was presented as part of the Shell Presents program and starred Lyndall Barbour. It was written by John Glennon, an American actor who appeared in the production.
Plot
A lonely man is a neighbour to a woman with mental problems. His mother and neighbours have attitudes about it.
Cast
- Lyndall Barbour as Ruth
- John Glennon as Cal
- Edward Howell
- Jeannie James
Production
The producers wanted Lydall Barbour to play the lead. She was tracked down to a hotel room in Paris and John Glennong travelled from London to persuade her to accept the part. The play was produced in Melbourne at the GTV 9 studios.[1]
Reception
The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald called it "a highly original and diverting play" where Glennon's writing was "in an attractively inventive and individual way that sometimes shades into the eccentric". He said "the play's great fault is that its ingredients are too rich for comfortable compression into an hour. It needs more time and space to develop ideas ana incidents too arbitrarily imposed in this production."[2]