Slow Poison (Australian Playhouse) Explained

Series:Australian Playhouse
Season:2
Episode:2
Director:Oscar Whitbread
Teleplay:Allan Trevor
Length:30 mins
Prev:A Touch of Gold
Next:Casualty

"Slow Poison" is the second television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "Slow Poison" was produced in Melbourne by Oscar Whitbread, written by Allan Trevor.[1] and originally aired on ABC on 22 April 1967, 19 June 1967 in Melbourne and 31 July 1967 in Canberra>.[2]

Plot

A columnist Tim Douglas loses his job and friends.

Cast

Reception

The Age said it had "a well developed central character" where "Allan Trevor produced a workmanlike script and Oscar Whitbread treated it well with some light touches."[3]

Another viewer from the same paper said it "went septic in the production department and fell on its face elsewhere. Ray Taylor was less than impressive... We know we have good actors and producers... but where are the dramatists?"[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Stephen . Vagg . 60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s . . February 18, 2019.
  2. News: New series on 3 . . 41 . 11,754 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 31 July 1967 . 27 February 2016 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: . In the Wrong Time Spot . June 19, 1967 . 4 . Ann . Gillison .
  4. News: . 22 June 1967 . 9 . Teletopics.