A Touch of Gold
"A Touch of Gold" | |||
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Australian Playhouse episode | |||
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 1 | ||
Directed by | John Croyston | ||
Teleplay by | Gwenda Painter | ||
Original air date | 12 June 1967 (1967-06-12) | ||
Running time | 30 mins | ||
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"A Touch of Gold" is the first television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1][2][3][4] "A Touch of Gold" was directed by John Croyston[5] and originally aired on ABC on 12 June 1967 in Melbourne[6] and on 24 July 1967 in Sydney.[7]
Premise
In the 1890s a young woman, Edith, struggles to overcome obstacles.
Cast
- Judith Fisher
- Neva Carr Glynn
- Alexander Archdale
- Elizabeth Pusey
Reception
The Sunday The Sydney Morning Herald said it was "beautifully mounted, superbly cast and was a production that could hold its own anywhere."[8]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a stock tale but a competent one."[9]
The Age gave it a mediocre review saying "it didn't have the touches to persuade a viewer this series was going to be madly exciting.[10]
See also
- List of live television plays broadcast on ABC (1950–1969)
References
- ^ "Playhouse Returns". The Age. 8 June 1967. p. 8.
- ^ "Drama is Discipline". The Age. 12 June 1967. p. 6.
- ^ "A New Hand for Mavis". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN PLAYHOUSE SERIES Drama in a small town". The Canberra Times. 24 July 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 6 June 1967. p. 24.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 June 1967. p. 13.
- ^ "Strong Hand for the ABC". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 1967. p. 83.
- ^ "The Things You Have to do". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 1967. p. 12.
- ^ "In the Wrong Time Spot". The Age. 19 June 1967. p. 6.
External links
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- Arabesque for Atoms (1965)
- The Brass Butterfly (1967)
- The Cell (1968)
- Volpone (1968)
- The Queen's Bishop (1968)
- Contrabandits (1968)
- Voyage Out (1969)
- Tilley Landed on Our Shores (1969)
- Lane End(1972)
- Over There (1972)
- Certain Women (1973)
- Spoiled (1974)
- Behind the Legend (1975)
- The Seven Ages of Man (1975)
- Moynihan (1976)
- Menotti (1980–81)
- A Step in the Right Direction (1981)
- Studio 86 (1986)
- The Runaway (1966)
- The Man Who Saw It (1966)
- The Schoolmistress (1967)
- A Touch of Gold (1967)
- Construction (1967)
- A Voyage Out (1969)
- Chimes at Midnight (1970)
- I'm Here, Darlings! (1975)
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