Point of Departure (Wednesday Theatre)
| "Point of Departure" | |
|---|---|
| Wednesday Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 25 |
| Directed by | Henri Safran |
| Teleplay by | play by Jean Anouilh |
| Original air dates | 22 June 1966 (Sydney)[1] 29 June 1966 (Melbourne)[2][3] |
| Running time | 75 mins[4] |
Point of Departure is a 1966 Australian television film.[5] It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6]
Plot
A boy and a girl meet in a small provincial town at the beginning of German occupation in World War II.
Cast
- Ross Thompson as Orpheus
- Liza Goddard as Eurydice
- Tom Oliver
- Patricia Hill
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald write that Ross Thompson's "sensitive and convincing acting made the best of the obvious weaknesses in the plot itself."[7]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1966. p. 23.
- ^ "Untitled". The Age. 23 June 1966. p. 15.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 23 June 1966. p. 29.
- ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 499. 20 June 1966. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "leisure – the arts MUSIC A satisfying experience". The Canberra Times. 17 June 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ "Wartime romance". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1966. p. 16.
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