The Passionate Pianist

At the time, most one-off drama and comedy plays produced for Australian television were adaptations of overseas works, and "The Passionate Pianist" is notable as it represents an early example of a locally-written comedy for the medium.
Plot summary.
Ben, the teenage son of a Sydney bookmaker prefers football to practicing piano. His mother (Marion Johns) is convinced he is a genius and enters him in an eistedford.
Play version.
"The Passionate Pianist" was produced as a one act play. Barbara Vernon was a radio announcer in Inverell and wrote the play for Con Fardouly, a Greek who ran a cafe in Invernell.
It was first performed at the Inverell Town Hall, on 22 November 1957. The cast included Lee Jones, Nell Stewart, Frank Sloman, Rob Jeffs, and Con Fardouly.
It is part of the trilogy 'The Growing Year', which also includes Vernon's unpublished plays 'The Bishop and the Boxer' and 'First Love'.
Production.
Rehearsals began in September 1957.
It is not known if the kinescope recording of the program still exists.
Radio Adaptation.
The play was also adapted for radio.
Follow up.
Barbara Vernon is also known for writing the play "The Multi-Coloured Umbrella", which saw a television version in 1958. It was focused on the same family of Sydney book makers.