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Half an Hour with Robert Helpmann
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Presented byRobert Helpmann
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMarch 31, 1964 (1964-03-31)[1]

Half an Hour with Robert Helpmann is a 1964 Australian television program featuring Robert Helpmann.[2] Helpmann was in Australia for the Adelaide Arts Festival at the time.[3] Over half an hour Helpmann does a variety of solo acts including:

  • singing a ballad
  • performing the role of Oberon and Hamlet
  • dancing a solo
  • singing the song "Surfer Doll"
  • re enacting his appearance in Box for One.

A copy of the production is at the National Film and Sound Archive.

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 26 March 1964. p. 32.
  2. ^ "Helpmann under TV surveillance". The Age TV Guide. 8 October 1964. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Untitled". The Age TV Guide. 26 March 1964. p. 3.
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