Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse Explained

Genre:	anthology
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Runtime:	50 mins
Company:	ABC
Network:	ABC

Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse is an Australian anthology series that aired on the ABC. Plays were introduced by Stuart Wagstaff.

They came from overseas but also included Australian-written works. However, by 1979 the series consisting entirely of foreign plays.^{[1] [2]}

Australian Episodes

• "Going Home" (aired 5 May 1977) (inaugural episode) by Colin Free starring Terence Donovan, Rowena Wallace^[3]
• "They Don't Clap Losers" (23 June 1977) by John Power (originally aired 1975)
• "The Kiss & Ride Ferry" (1 September 1977)
• "The Last Rites" (15 September 1977) by Colin Free (previously aired 1975)
• "No Room for the Innocent" (7 October 1977) by Sonia Borg
• "Straight Enough" (13 October 1977) by Ted Roberts
• "End of Summer" (27 October 1977) by Cliff Green
• "The Geeks" (23 March 1978) by Colin Free
• "A Woman in the House" (24 August 1978) by Luis Bayonas
• "Ripkin" (14 September 1978) by Colin Free
• "Bit Part" (16 November 1978) by Colin Free
• "Gossip from the Forest" (26 April 1980) based on novel by Thomas Keneally

External links

• Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse at Austlit
• Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse at IMDb

Notes and References

1. https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6993887 Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse
2. News: Chance to compare overseas work. The Age. 5 May 1977. 43.
3. News: Wagstaff with host ABC Plays. The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1977. 61.