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'''''Heart Attack''''' is a 1960 Australian television play written by [[George F. Kerr]]. It was recorded in Melbourne, broadcast "live" there, recorded and shown later on Sydney television.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Play by Kerr|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 March 1960|page=15}}</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>
'''''Heart Attack''''' is a 1960 Australian television play written by [[George F. Kerr]]. It was recorded in Melbourne, broadcast "live" there, recorded and shown later on Sydney television.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Play by Kerr|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 March 1960|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122833649/?terms=%22heart%2Battack%22}}</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 play was also adapted for radio with a 75-minute running time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103078461 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=34 |issue=9,589 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=30 April 1960 |accessdate=18 February 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The play was also adapted for radio with a 75-minute running time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103078461 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=34 |issue=9,589 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=30 April 1960 |accessdate=18 February 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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==Cast==
==Cast==
[[File:Heart_Attack_(1960_film).png|thumb|right|Edward Brayshaw (L), John Morgan (R)<br>The Age 21 Jan 1960]]
*John Morgan as Dr. Wynter
*John Morgan as Dr. Wynter
*Beverley Phillips as Judith
*Beverley Phillips as Judith
*Edward Brayshaw as Pearce
*[[Edward Brayshaw]] as Pearce
*[[Wynn Roberts (actor)|Wynn Roberts]] as Dr. Rutherford
*[[Wynn Roberts (actor)|Wynn Roberts]] as Dr. Rutherford
*Marcella Burgoyne as Clare Mackay
*Marcella Burgoyne as Clare Mackay
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==Production==
==Production==
It was Edward Howell's twentieth appearance in live television drama.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |date=14 January 1960|title=20th 'Live' Appearance|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xZ4UAAAAIBAJ&pg=3160%2C1955731 |at=Radio/TV Supplement January 15–21, 1960 p. 2, column 3}}</ref>
It was Edward Howell's twentieth appearance in live television drama; he had appeared in six in Sydney before moving to Melbourne to star in ''Black Chiffon''. Howell went in for an operation shortly after taping.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |date=14 January 1960|title=20th 'Live' Appearance|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xZ4UAAAAIBAJ&pg=3160%2C1955731 |at=Radio/TV Supplement January 15–21, 1960 p. 2, column 3}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The critic for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it a "routine medical-domestic drama... given a routine performance... the play bad a kind of tired professional finish but no real originality in its plot or its techniques"in which the leads "all acted competency but without much real conviction."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122833771/?terms=%22live%20play%22%20abn&match=1|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title='Live' Play on TV| date=10 March 1960|page=17}}</ref>
''The Age'' said it "had one of the feeblest plots ever peddled on Melbourne TV... 65 minutes of incoherent mush" and suggested the ABC "stick to imported scripts" for a while.<ref name="while">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19600121&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|title=Feeble Play Unfair To Actors, Viewers|date=21 January 1960|page=14|last=Janus}}</ref>


''The Age'' said it "had one of the feeblest plots ever peddled on Melbourne TV... 65 minutes of incoherent mush" and suggested the ABC "stick to imported scripts" for a while.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19600121&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|title=Feeble Play Unfair To Actors, Viewers|date=21 January 1960|page=14}}</ref> That paper later said it "set Australian TV playwriting back several years"<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=29 April 1960|page=33|last=Janus|title=Screaming Need for First Rate TV Drama Plan=}}</ref> and then at the end of the year called it the worst Australian drama of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19601229&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Year ABC Gave Us a Heart Attack—and Remedy|newspaper=The Age|date=29 December 1960|page=9}}</ref>
That paper later said it "set Australian TV playwriting back several years"<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=29 April 1960|page=33|last=Janus|title=Screaming Need for First Rate TV Drama Plan=}}</ref> and then at the end of the year called it the worst Australian drama of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19601229&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Year ABC Gave Us a Heart Attack—and Remedy|newspaper=The Age|date=29 December 1960|page=9}}</ref>


The critic for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it a "routine medical-domestic drama... given a routine performance... the play bad a kind of tired professional finish but no real originality in its plot or its techniques"in which the leads "all acted competency but without much real conviction."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122833771/?terms=%22live%20play%22%20abn&match=1|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title='Live' Play on TV| date=10 March 1960|page=17}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)]]
* [[List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)]]
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|3666764|Heart Attack}}
* {{IMDb title|3666764|Heart Attack}}
{{William Sterling}}
[[Category:1960 television plays]]
[[Category:1960 television plays]]
[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming]]
[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming]]

Revision as of 04:01, 27 October 2020

Heart Attack
Genrethriller
Written byGeorge F. Kerr
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time65 mins[1]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release13 January 1960 (Melbourne, live)[2]
9 March 1960 (Sydney)[3]

Heart Attack is a 1960 Australian television play written by George F. Kerr. It was recorded in Melbourne, broadcast "live" there, recorded and shown later on Sydney television.[4] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

The play was also adapted for radio with a 75-minute running time.[6]

Plot

Dr Brian Wynter's career is threatened by a blackmailer called Pearce. Pearce learns of Wynter's affair with another woman before his marriage and threatens to tell the doctor's wife, Judith, unless he is paid. Dr Wynter pays him off but Pearce keeps asking for money. Dr Wynter decides the solution is murder.

Cast

File:Heart Attack (1960 film).png
Edward Brayshaw (L), John Morgan (R)
The Age 21 Jan 1960

Production

It was Edward Howell's twentieth appearance in live television drama; he had appeared in six in Sydney before moving to Melbourne to star in Black Chiffon. Howell went in for an operation shortly after taping.[7]

Reception

The Age said it "had one of the feeblest plots ever peddled on Melbourne TV... 65 minutes of incoherent mush" and suggested the ABC "stick to imported scripts" for a while.[1]

That paper later said it "set Australian TV playwriting back several years"[8] and then at the end of the year called it the worst Australian drama of the year.[9]

The critic for the Sydney Morning Herald called it a "routine medical-domestic drama... given a routine performance... the play bad a kind of tired professional finish but no real originality in its plot or its techniques"in which the leads "all acted competency but without much real conviction."[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Janus (21 January 1960). "Feeble Play Unfair To Actors, Viewers". The Age. p. 14.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 7 January 1960. p. 31.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 March 1960. p. 16.
  4. ^ "New Play by Kerr". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 March 1960. p. 15.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 34, no. 9, 589. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 April 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "20th 'Live' Appearance". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 14 January 1960. Radio/TV Supplement January 15–21, 1960 p. 2, column 3.
  8. ^ Janus (29 April 1960). "Screaming Need for First Rate TV Drama Plan=". The Age. p. 33.
  9. ^ "Year ABC Gave Us a Heart Attack—and Remedy". The Age. 29 December 1960. p. 9.
  10. ^ "'Live' Play on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March 1960. p. 17.
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