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Cobwebs in Concrete
Directed byPatrick Barton
Written byJohn Warwick
Production
company
Distributed byAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
Release date
4 December 1968[1][2]
Running time
60 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Cobwebs in Concrete is a 1968 Australian TV play written by actor John Warwick. It aired on the ABC as part of the anthology show Wednesday Theatre immediately after The Queen's Bishop.[3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Plot

A bridge over the Sunda River collapses killing four adults and 22 children. An investigation results.[5][6]

Cast

  • Frank Wilson as Kruger, a financial tycoon[7]
  • Michael Duffield as Sir Miles Parker, chairman of the biggest construction group in England
  • Wynn Roberts as Dan Fenner, a major bridge designer
  • Ian Neal
  • William Hodge
  • Peter Aanensen as Jason, a transport tycoon
  • Lynn Lee
  • Sheila Florence
  • Dennis Miller

Production

Frank Wilson was better known as a "song and dance man" at the time. The play was made in Melbourne's ABC studios.[8]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 December 1968. p. 27.
  2. ^ "Television". The Age. 29 November 1968. p. 17.
  3. ^ "The Scorpios Who Shine". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 November 1968. p. 58.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 28 November 1968. p. 39.
  6. ^ "THE BRIDGE OF DISASTER". The Canberra Times. 2 December 1968. p. 17. Retrieved 3 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 2 December 1968. p. 18. Retrieved 3 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 28 November 1968. p. 30.

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