Red Peppers (TV play)
Red Peppers a telerecording was short first and the live production Family Album followed.[2] It was the first time Noel Coward had been adapted for Australian television, mostly because "it was hard to get the rights," according to Upshaw."I shall be singing in both comedies hut I am enthusiastic about appearing to a straight play."[2] The Bulletin called it "worthy of the highest praise... almost flawless...a delight to watch, if only because it was a breakthrough in local television production."[4] The Sydney Morning Herald said "Not even Lorrae Desmond, assisted by a fine _supporting cast and an excellent production... can disguise the perennially unsubstantial quality of Noel Coward's dramatic work" pointing out it was "the first appearance of a Coward play on Australian television, and, one hopes, the last.