Love and War (Australian TV series) explained

Director:Patrick Barton
Oscar Whitbread
Country:Australia
Language:English
Num Episodes:6
Producer:John Croyston
Runtime:90 mins
Channel:ABC

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.

Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw

Date: 6 September 1967
Producer: Patrick Barton
It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 60 minutes.[2] [3]

The play had already been filmed by the ABC in 1963.[4]

Cast

Serjeant Musgrave's Dance by John Arden

Date: 13 September 1967
Director: John Croyston
It aired in Sydney 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

L'Flaherty, VC by George Bernard Shaw

Date: 20 September 1967
It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 70 minutes.[7]

Cast

The Brass Butterfly by William Golding

Date: 27 September 1967
Director: John Croyston
It ran for 90 minutes.[8]

Premise

In Ancient Rome, an emperor reflects on his life.

Cast

Intersection by Michael Boddy

Date: 4 October 1967
Director: John Croyston
It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre, and ran for 65 minutes.[9] [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

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

See Romeo and Juliet (1967 film)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Plays with themes of love and war . . 42 . 11,784 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 4 September 1967 . 19 February 2017 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Sydney Morning Herald. Television. 6 September 1967. 16.
  3. News: Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1967. 13. TV Guide.
  4. Filmink. Stephen. Vagg. Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Point of Departure and Man of Destiny. October 4, 2021. August 13, 2024.
  5. News: WEDNESDAY I . . 42 . 11,784 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 4 September 1967 . 19 February 2017 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Sydney Morning Herald. Television. 13 September 1967. 14.
  7. News: Sydney Morning Herald. TV Guide. 20 September 1967. 25.
  8. News: TV Guide. 25 September 1967. 13. Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. News: TELEVISION A night of free TV . . 42 . 11,815 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 10 October 1967 . 23 February 2019 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: Sydney Morning Herald. 4 October 1967. Television. 16.
  11. News: Sydney Morning Herald. October 5, 1967. ON TELEVISION It's tough for TV writers. 11.
  12. News: LEISURE THE ARTS . . 42 . 11,816 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 11 October 1967 . 19 February 2017 . 24 . National Library of Australia.