Wall to Wall (film)
| "Wall to Wall" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Playhouse episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 6 | ||
| Directed by | Eric Taylor | ||
| Teleplay by | Ann Kinloch Oriel Grey | ||
| Produced by | David Goddard | ||
| Original air date | 23 May 1966[1][2] | ||
| Running time | 30 mins | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
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Wall to Wall is an episode of the Australian anthology drama series Australian Playhouse.[3][4]
It was written by Ann Kincloch and produced by Eric Taylor. It starred Gwen Plumb and was shot in Sydney.[5]
Plot[]
Elizabeth Fletcher reflects on her lonely life on her birthday. She remembers her one chance at romance, several years previously. She goes to a dance where a man pities her and takes her home, where he is "trapped" by her father.[6]
Cast[]
- Heather Christie as Elizabeth Fletcher
- Don Crosby as Mr Fletcher
- David Yorston as the Young Man
- Lyndall Barbour as Mrs Fletcher
- Gwen Plumb as the next door neighbour Mrs Cooper
Background[]
The play had originally been written by Adelaide writer Ann Kinloch for a 1962 competition for Channel Nine drama. However it was not used, the studio making The Valley of Water instead.[7]
Reception[]
The Sydney Morning Herald thought "the dialogue is so soften stitled and at times too obvious and the author's intentions towards characters or actions are frequently obscure so that after a while one waits for the end in the hope - this time unavailing - that something can be made out of it all."[8]
The Age called it "a bad play... embarrassing as it bellowed and whimpered through a predictable pattern of trite tragedies."[9] Another reviewer in the same paper called it "one of the poorest of the series. The script might have been written by a schoolboy."[10]
The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald said Gwen Plumg "gets out nod for the week's finest performance" for her work in the show.[11]
The Bulletin called the play "the silliest of all" the episodes of the series.[12]
See also[]
- List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)
References[]
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 19 May 1966. p. 35.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 May 1966. p. 17.
- ^ "TELEVISION Helping selfidentification". The Canberra Times. 27 May 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 5 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Yes there are writers in Australia". TV Times. 18 May 1966. p. 9.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Anguish in Suburbia". =The Age. p. 18.
- ^ Heading, Rex (1996). Miracle on Tynte Street: The Channel Nine Story. Wakefield Press. ISBN 9781862543904.
- ^ "Suburban Troubles on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 May 1966. p. 7.
- ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 26 May 1966. p. 14.
- ^ Monitor (28 May 1966). "Violence both real and synthetic". The Age. p. 23.
- ^ Marshall, Valda (29 May 1966). "Showbusiness". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 72.
- ^ Roberts, Frank (4 June 1966). "TELEVISION Neither Deft Nor Delightful". The Bulletin. p. 51.
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