Casualty (Australian Playhouse) Explained

Series:Australian Playhouse
Season:2
Episode:3
Director:Storry Walton
Teleplay:John Croyston
Length:30 mins
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"Casualty" is the third television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1] "Casualty" was written by John Croyston and originally aired on ABC on 3 July 1967 in Melbourne[2] and on 7 August 1967 in Sydney.[3]

Premise

A story centered around a hospital waiting room.

Cast

Reception

A reviewer in The Age called it "a waste of viewing time".[4]

Another writer in that paper called it "stylised".[5]

The Sydney Morning Herald complained about Croyston's "airy fairy artsy farsty script".[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: MONDAY . . 41 . 11,760 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 7 August 1967 . 27 February 2019 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: TV Guide . . 29 June 1967 . 15.
  3. News: TV Guide . . 6 August 1967 . 6.
  4. News: . 5 July 1967 . 6 . The Secret of Hunter . Ann . Gillson.
  5. News: . Teletopics . 14 September 1967 . 9.
  6. News: . 19 August 1967 . 11 . problem for the quintet . Roger . Covell.