We Were Children (The Philco Television Playhouse)
"We Were Children" is a 1952 American television play by Sumner Locke Elliott. It originally aired as an episode of The Philco Television Playhouse produced by Fred Coe.
| "We Were Children" | |
|---|---|
| The Philco Television Playhouse episode | |
 The Journal Times 3 May 1952 | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Gordon Duff |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Original air date | May 4, 1952 |
| Running time | 60 mins |
It focused on the influence of childhood on adult development.[1]
Variety called it "well constructed" and "artfully presented".[2]
Premise
editA brother embezzles from the family business.
Radio adaptation
editThe play was adapted for Australian radio in 1954.[3] Muriel Steinbeck starred.[4]
A reviewer for The Daily Telegraph said "Reviewing a long and de pressing acquaintance with the radio works of Mr. Locke-Elliott, I can not recall more than one instance when he has displayed either the authority or the imagination of even a second-rate playwright. We Were Children fairly Iechoed with the cantankerous whining of frustrated American womanhood, and the occasional disconsolate barking of a tired American businessman.... the dialogue was so constructed as to convey a dreary, indefinable uneasiness among its inmates."[5]
References
edit- ^ "NBC Drama to Feature Davd Niven". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 4 May 1952. p. 134.
- ^ "Tele Follow Up Comment". Variety. 7 May 1952. p. 36.
- ^ "Radio Personalities: Maurice Travers", ABC Weekly, vol. 15, no. 49, Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 5 December 1953, nla.obj-1549963147, retrieved 20 November 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Locke Elliott TV Drama in GM Hour". The Age. 14 January 1954. p. 17.
- ^ "Around the Dial". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XVIII, no. 262. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1954. p. 22. Retrieved 20 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.