Quiet Night (play)


Quiet Night is a 1941 Australian play by Dorothy Blewett.
The play was popular with repertory and amateur theatre groups. It was also adapted for radio and television.

Plot

Doctors and nurses try to save the life of a 20-year-old. During the night the nurses have their own personal dramas.

1952 Radio Version

The play was adapted for radio by the BBC in 1952. The cast included several Australian actresses living in London.

1961 television play

Quiet Night is an Australian television play which aired in 1961 on ABC at a time when Australian TV drama production was relatively rare. The writer and director had previously adapted another Blewett play The First Joanna.
Originally broadcast live in Melbourne on 28 June 1961, it was recorded and also shown in Sydney.

Plot

Playboy Russell Keane crashes his sports car and is taken to hospital. He is made comfortable by Nurse Sinclair.

Cast

Kevin Bartlett did the sets.