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'''''The Affair''''' is a 1965 Australian television play based on [[The Affair (1960 novel)|the novel]] by [[C. P. Snow]]. It starred [[Roger Climpson]], [[Richard Meikle]] and [[Anne Haddy]] and aired on the ABC as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131833405 |title=Worth watching... |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=11,235 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=16 August 1965 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |page=1 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
'''''The Affair''''' is a 1965 Australian television play based on [[The Affair (1960 novel)|the novel]] by [[C. P. Snow]]. It starred [[Roger Climpson]], [[Richard Meikle]] and [[Anne Haddy]] and aired on the ABC as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131833405 |title=Worth watching... |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=11,235 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=16 August 1965 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |page=1 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
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A young Cambridge scientist, Donald Howard, introvertive and unpopular, is accused of fraud and dismissed from his fellowship. The twenty fellows attempt to dismiss their feelings of unease by calling him guilty. His wife campaigns for him, splitting the college into two factions, one which sticks by the original verdict the other which seeks to re-try him.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Age|date=12 August 1965|page=27}}</ref> |
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A young Cambridge scientist, Donald Howard, is accused of fraud. |
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==Cast== |
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*[[John Brunskill]] as the master |
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*[[Ron Haddrick]] as Skefflington |
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*Richard Parry |
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*Athol Fleming |
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*Frank Taylor |
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*Charles Tasman |
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*Wendy Playfair |
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*Lou Vernon |
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==Production== |
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The script was based on the [[Dreyfus Case]]. The production was filmed at the ABC's studios in Gore Hill, Sydney.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Echoes of J'Accuse|date=16 August 1965|page=12}}</ref> |
The script was based on the [[Dreyfus Case]]. The production was filmed at the ABC's studios in Gore Hill, Sydney.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Echoes of J'Accuse|date=16 August 1965|page=12}}</ref> It was the third in a trilogy of stories set at Cambridge.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 August 1965|page=13}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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Revision as of 06:52, 21 June 2020
| "The Affair" | |
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| Wednesday Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 33 |
| Directed by | Eric Taylor |
| Teleplay by | Ronald Miller based on novel by C.P. Snow |
| Original air dates | 18 August 1965 (Melbourne, Sydney)[1] |
| Running time | 90 mins[2] |
The Affair is a 1965 Australian television play based on the novel by C. P. Snow. It starred Roger Climpson, Richard Meikle and Anne Haddy and aired on the ABC as part of Wednesday Theatre.[3]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Plot
A young Cambridge scientist, Donald Howard, introvertive and unpopular, is accused of fraud and dismissed from his fellowship. The twenty fellows attempt to dismiss their feelings of unease by calling him guilty. His wife campaigns for him, splitting the college into two factions, one which sticks by the original verdict the other which seeks to re-try him.[5]
Cast
- Richard Meikle as Donald Howard
- Brian James as Sir Lewis Eliot
- Anne Haddy as Laura Howard
- Alexander Archdale
- Raymond Westwell as Gibert Dawson-Hill
- Roger Climpson
- John Brunskill as the master
- Ron Haddrick as Skefflington
- Richard Parry
- Athol Fleming
- Frank Taylor
- Charles Tasman
- Wendy Playfair
- Lou Vernon
Production
The script was based on the Dreyfus Case. The production was filmed at the ABC's studios in Gore Hill, Sydney.[6] It was the third in a trilogy of stories set at Cambridge.[7]
Reception
The Woman's Weekly called it "a milestone in local drama. It was good, world-class TV, not a production that can be tarnished by the tag "good for an Australian one." It was a wonderful play... The cast did well, and the producer did wonders."[8]
The Sydney Morning Herald thought it was "outstandingly cast and intelligently produced" but thought the story had flaws.[9]
References
- ^ "The judges go on trail". The Age. 12 August 1965. p. 14.
- ^ "TODAY'S TV". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 237. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 August 1965. p. 21. Retrieved 21 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Worth watching..." The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 235. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 August 1965. p. 1 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE). Retrieved 21 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 12 August 1965. p. 27.
- ^ "Echoes of J'Accuse". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 1965. p. 12.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 1965. p. 13.
- ^ "Return of Streisand". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 33, no. 14. Australia, Australia. 1 September 1965. p. 19. Retrieved 21 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "English accent in Australian manner". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 August 1965. p. 11.
External links
- The Affair at IMDb
- The Affair at Milesago
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