Photo Finish (Wednesday Theatre) Explained

Series:Wednesday Theatre
Season:1
Episode:43
Director:Oscar Whitbread
Teleplay:John Warwick
Length:60 mins[1] [2]
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"Photo Finish" is a 1965 Australian teleplay based on a play by Peter Ustinov. It screened on ABC and was produced by Oscar Whitbread and starred Frank Thring.[3] [4] "Photo Finish" aired on 10 November 1965 in Melbourne and Sydney.[5] [6]

Thring played the role on stage the year before.[7]

It was part of Wednesday Theatre.[8] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[9]

Plot

A writer is visited by ghosts from his past - himself at the ages of twenty, forty, and sixty.

Cast

Production

A version of the play had been performed on ABC the previous year.[5]

Reception

The Age said Thring "gave a striking performance" and praised the "sparkling dialogue".[10]

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "excellent".[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: The Age. TV Guide. 8 November 1965. 13.
  2. News: TV Guide. 4 November 1965. 34. The Age.
  3. News: Photo finish of an 80-year-old . . 40 . 11,307 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 8 November 1965 . 27 February 2016 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: The Age - Google News Archive Search.
  5. News: The Age. Photo Finish with Frank Thring. 4 November 1965. 14.
  6. News: Sydney MOrning Herald. TV Guide. 8 November 1965. 13.
  7. Web site: AusStage.
  8. News: WEDNESDAY . . 40 . 11,307 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 8 November 1965 . 20 March 2017 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  9. Stephen. Vagg. 60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s. Filmink. February 18, 2019.
  10. News: Monitor. What answers would you give?. The Age. 13 November 1965. 23.
  11. News: Sydney Morning Herald. Resemblances in photo finish. Leicester. Cotton. 12 November 1965. 11.