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==''Sergeant Musgrave's Dance'' by John Arden==
==''Sergeant Musgrave's Dance'' by John Arden==
Date 13 September 1967 (Sydney). It aired as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]'' and ran for 90 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Television|date=13 September 1967|page=14}}</ref>
Date 13 September 1967 (Sydney). It aired as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]'' and ran for 90 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Television|date=13 September 1967|page=14}}</ref>
===Plot===

An anti-war fanatic falls victim to anarchy of his own making. In England at the end of the 19th century a small group of soldiers, led by the ''hardest man in the line", goes to a strike bound mining town in the north of England.
===Cast===
*Wynn Roberts as Sergeant Musgrave
*Sean Scully
*[[Richard Meikle]]
*Edward Hepple
*Michael Boddy
*Don Crosby
*Neva Carr Glynn
*Alice Fraser
===Production===
It was shot in Sydney under the direction of [[John Croyston]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 September 1967|page=13|title=Love and War on the Stage}}</ref>
==''L'Flaherty, VC'' by George Bernard Shaw==
==''L'Flaherty, VC'' by George Bernard Shaw==
Date 20 September 1967 (Sydney). It aired as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]'' and went for 70 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=TV Guide|date=20 September 1967|page=25}}</ref>
Date 20 September 1967 (Sydney). It aired as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]'' and went for 70 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=TV Guide|date=20 September 1967|page=25}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:12, 22 June 2020

Love and War
Directed byPatrick Barton
Oscar Whitbread
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerJohn Croyston
Running time90 mins
Original release
NetworkABC
Release6 September 1967

Love and War is a 1967 Australian TV series.[1]

It consists of six plays shot in ABC's Gore Hill studios. All of the self-contained episodes were produced by John Croyston, but not all of them were written by Australian script-writers.

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]

Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw

Date 6 September 1967 (Sydney) as part of Wednesday Theatre. Produced by Patrick Barton. It went for 60 minutes.[3][4]

The play had already been filmed by the ABC in 1963.

Cast

Sergeant Musgrave's Dance by John Arden

Date 13 September 1967 (Sydney). It aired as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 90 minutes.[6]

Plot

An anti-war fanatic falls victim to anarchy of his own making. In England at the end of the 19th century a small group of soldiers, led by the hardest man in the line", goes to a strike bound mining town in the north of England.

Cast

  • Wynn Roberts as Sergeant Musgrave
  • Sean Scully
  • Richard Meikle
  • Edward Hepple
  • Michael Boddy
  • Don Crosby
  • Neva Carr Glynn
  • Alice Fraser

Production

It was shot in Sydney under the direction of John Croyston.[7]

L'Flaherty, VC by George Bernard Shaw

Date 20 September 1967 (Sydney). It aired as part of Wednesday Theatre and went for 70 minutes.[8]

Cast

  • Edwin Hodgeman
  • Kerry Maguire
  • Moray Powell
  • Audrey Teasdale

The Brass Butterfly by William Golding

Date 27 September 1967.

Cast

  • Peter Collingwood
  • Ron Graham
  • Sue Condon
  • Peter Rowley
  • Mark Albiston

Intersection by Michael Boddy

Date 4 October 1967 (Sydney)[9] as part of Wednesday Theatre. Went for 65 minutes.[10]

Plot

A woman leaves a small town where she has a boyfriend and falls for a guitarist.

Cast

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said "The cast did what they could with it. Director John Croyston did what he could."[11]

Construction by John Croyston

Date 11 October 1967. Director: Storry Walton.

Cast

  • Ron Graham
  • Moya O'Sullivan.[12]

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Date 18 October 1967. Directed by Oscar Whitbread, adapted by Alan Cole.[13] It was the first Australian TV presentation of the pay and featured a cast of over fifty. "Using young actors makes the story more acceptable," said Whitbread.[14] It ran for 100 mins.[15]

Cast

  • Sean Scully as Romeo
  • Liza Goddard as Juliet
  • Syd Conabere as Friar Laurence[16]
  • Robin Ramsay as Mercutio
  • David Turnbull as Tybalt
  • Jennifer Claire
  • Joseph James
  • Joan Harris as nurse

Reception

The Age called it "a really splendid achievement."[17]

References

  1. ^ "Plays with themes of love and war". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 784. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 September 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 September 1967. p. 16.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1967. p. 13.
  5. ^ "WEDNESDAY I". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 784. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 September 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 September 1967. p. 14.
  7. ^ "Love and War on the Stage". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 September 1967. p. 13.
  8. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 September 1967. p. 25.
  9. ^ "TELEVISION A night of free TV". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 815. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 October 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 October 1967. p. 16.
  11. ^ "ON TELEVISION It's tough for TV writers". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 1967. p. 11.
  12. ^ "LEISURE THE ARTS". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 816. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1967. p. 24. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Juliet in a Mini". The Age. 5 October 1967. p. 10.
  14. ^ "Juliet Conforms". The Age. 12 October 1967. p. 10.
  15. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 October 1967. p. 27.
  16. ^ "TELEVISION A WEEK OF SAD STORIES". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 824. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 October 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 26 October 1967. p. 9.


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