title: A Christmas Play
text: # A Christmas Play
  
  "A Christmas Play" is a 1965 Australian television play based on the work by Carl Orff. It aired as an episode of Wednesday Theatre on 22 December 1965 in Sydney and Melbourne.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Justine Rettick
  * George Whaley
  * singers from the Melba Conservatorium, St Paul's Cathedral Boys choir
  
  ## Production
  
  It was shot in Melbourne. Choreography was by Rex Reid.
  
  That year the ABC also broadcast a ten minute TV play The Little Woodcarver written by Keith Smith, about a shepherd boy who lived in the Alps. And An Old Man and Christmas starring Lou Vernon.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The Canberra Times said the production "provided a feast for the eye that was not overshadowed by the musical fare. Faull is particularly at home in exploiting the technical resources that television offers."
  
  