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Half an Hour with Robert Helpmann

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Half an Hour with Robert Helpmann
The Age 31 March 1964
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Presented byRobert Helpmann
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins
Production companyABC
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 and the program was devised to illustrate his versatility.[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.