A Breach in the Wall

"**A Breach in the Wall**"
"A Breach in the Wall"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 21
Directed by	Gilchrist Calder
Teleplay by	Ray Lawler
Original air date	22 May 1968
Running time	70 mins
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"A Breach in the Wall" is a 1967 TV play by Ray Lawler. It aired for British TV and screened in Australia as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.^[2]

It is about the remains of Thomas a'Beckett being discovered behind a church wall.

Plot[]

In the near future, te parish church of the Kentish village of Valham is undergoing long-overdue restoration - restoration largely made possible by the fund-raising efforts of the able and radical young incumbent, Lewis Patterson. A walled-in chamber is discovered and within it is a coffin sealed with the crest of Becket.

Cast[]

Rosemary Leach
Barry Justice
John Phillips

Production[]

Lawler said "I don't pretend that this is necessarily how events would shape themselves if the situation arose. But I do believe that the historical significance of Thomas A'Beckct is contained in certain words from the play: 'A saint is somebody who spends his life on earth in bringing mankind nearer heaven, and his life hereafter bringing heaven nearer men'."^[3]

References[]

^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 43 (12, 219). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 January 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
^ "BBC PLAY OF WEEK: Ray Lawler's scuccess". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 651). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 March 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[]

Wednesday Theatre at IMDb
A Breach in the Wall^{[permanent dead link]} at AustLit

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[1] "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 43 (12, 219). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 January 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.

[3] "BBC PLAY OF WEEK: Ray Lawler's scuccess". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 651). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 March 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

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