Harlequinade (Australian TV play)

Harlequinade is a 1961 Australian TV play based on the Terence Rattigan play Harlequinade. It was directed by Bill Bain and aired on 20 December 1961 in Sydney, 7 February 1962 in Melbourne, and 29 May 1962 in Brisbane.

It was the first adaptation of Terence Rattigan on Australian television.

Plot
A middle aged couple, Arthur and Edna are appearing in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet in a small town. They meet a woman who claims to be Arthur's daughter from his first marriage.

They realise they are too young to play star crossed lovers.

Cast

 * John Alden as Arthur Gosport
 * Neva Carr Glyn as Edna Selby
 * Owen Weingott as Fred Ingram
 * Don Pascoe as Fred Wakefield
 * Enid Lorimer as Dame Maud
 * Cherrie Butlin as Joyce
 * Lou Vernon
 * Marcia Hathaway
 * Martin Redpath
 * Peter Stewart
 * Frank Taylor
 * Alan Tobin
 * Hilary Linstead

Production
It starred Cherrie Butlin who was the daughter of Billy Butlin; she had lived in Australia for three years. The set was designed by Philip Hickie.

Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "skittish and affectionate".