The Absence of Mr Sugden explained

Genre:	comedy
Director:	Bob Cubbage
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Runtime:	30 mins
Company:	ABC
Network:	ABC

The Absence of Mr Sugden is a 1965 Australian TV play. It was the fifth drama to be made at the ABC's Toowong studios and the second one in 1965. It was shot on 9 December 1965 using an all-male cast of six.

A copy of the production is at the National Archives of Australia.^[1]

Premise

Three burglars plan a robbery.

Cast

• Edward Howell
• Stanley Smith
• John Nash
• Don McTaggart
• Reg Cameron
• Vic Hughes

Production

It was written by Sydney writer Ron Harrison and was directed by Bob Cubbage, the ABC's supervisor of drama and features in Queensland. Sydney actor Edward Howell had been in another Brisbane shot play Ring Out Wild Bells.^[2]

See also

• Vacancy in Vaughan Street (1963)
• Dark Brown (1963)
• The Quiet Season (1965)
• Ring Out Wild Bells (1965)
• Arabesque for Atoms (1965)
• A Sleep of Prisoners (1961)
• The Monkey Cage (1966)

Notes and References

1. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=13291151&isAv=Y Absence of Mr Sugden
2. TV Times. New play from ABC's Queensland studios. 24 November 1965. 1.