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Casualty (Australian Playhouse)

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"Casualty"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 3
Directed byStorry Walton
Teleplay byJohn Croyston
Original air date3 July 1967 (1967-07-03)
Running time30 mins
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"Casualty" is the third television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1] "Casualty" was written by John Croyston and originally aired on ABC on 3 July 1967 in Melbourne[2] and on 7 August 1967 in Sydney.[3]

Premise

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A story centered around a hospital waiting room.

Cast

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  • Ben Gabriel
  • Shirley Cameron
  • Martin Harris
  • Bowen Llewellyn
  • Ed Nelson

Reception

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A reviewer in The Age called it "a waste of viewing time".[4]

Another writer in that paper called it "stylised".[5]

The Sydney Morning Herald complained about Croyston's "airy fairy artsy farsty script".[6]

References

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  1. ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 760. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 August 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 29 June 1967. p. 15.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 1967. p. 6.
  4. ^ Gillson, Ann (5 July 1967). "The Secret of Hunter". The Age. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 14 September 1967. p. 9.
  6. ^ Covell, Roger (19 August 1967). "problem for the quintet". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 11.
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