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It was written by Robert Wales, a Scotsman who had worked for a number of years in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A12178|title=Robert Wales|website=Austlit}}</ref> |
It was written by Robert Wales, a Scotsman who had worked for a number of years in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A12178|title=Robert Wales|website=Austlit}}</ref> |
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<blockquote>Drama with out cause. The horsebreaker came to the station and found his former wife in residence. He had the alternative of leaving immediately, like any sensible man, or grabbing her back. Instead, he was given the task of appearing to want her and yet not want her, to be going to leave and yet not leaving. An hour of soul-searching by people who did not know their own minds for more than one mimite at a time. It could have been cabled, with apologies to Sidney Kingsley, "They Knew Not What They Wanted”.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Frank|last=Roberts|magazine=The Bulletin|page=55|date=9 June 1962|title=REVIEWS TELEVISION DRAMA WITHOUT A CAUSE |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-688735631}}</ref></blockquote> |
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Revision as of 12:46, 22 April 2020
| The Hobby Horse | |
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| Directed by | William Sterling |
| Written by | Robert Wales |
Production company | |
Release date | 10 May 1962 |
Running time | 60 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The Hobby Horse is a 1962 Australian television play which aired on ABC. Broadcast live,[1] it was a drama set on a grazing property in northern New South Wales about a rodeo rider.
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2] It was one of a series of six Australian plays produced by the ABC in 1962.[3] The others were:
Plot
Billy Brocknell gets a job breaking horses on a large property. His former wife, Margaret, is now married to the older property owner.
Cast
- Wynn Roberts - Billy
- Lynn Flanagan - Margaret
- Ken Goodlet
- Douglas Kelly
- Neil Curnow
- Bill Bannett
- Rose Du Clos
- Carole Potter
- Ron Pinnell
- David Mitchell
- Beris Sullivan
Production
It was written by Robert Wales, a Scotsman who had worked for a number of years in Australia.[4]
Reception
The TV critic for The Bulletin called it:
Drama with out cause. The horsebreaker came to the station and found his former wife in residence. He had the alternative of leaving immediately, like any sensible man, or grabbing her back. Instead, he was given the task of appearing to want her and yet not want her, to be going to leave and yet not leaving. An hour of soul-searching by people who did not know their own minds for more than one mimite at a time. It could have been cabled, with apologies to Sidney Kingsley, "They Knew Not What They Wanted”.[5]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 10 May 1962.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Young Star's Work". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 13.
- ^ "Robert Wales". Austlit.
- ^ Roberts, Frank (9 June 1962). "REVIEWS TELEVISION DRAMA WITHOUT A CAUSE". The Bulletin. p. 55.
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