Breakdown (Australian Playhouse)

"**Breakdown**"
"Breakdown"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 12
Teleplay by	Michael Boddy
Original air date	9 October 1967
Running time	30 mins
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Breakdown is a 1967 Australian television play by Michael Boddy. It was an episode of Australian Playhouse. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.^[1]

Plot

The social machine breaks down — first in a late-night suburban train and second in an ancient lift. In both cases the man is faced with impenetrable and frightening problems.^[2]

Cast

Max Meldrum
George Whaley

References

^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 814. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 October 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Breakdown^{[permanent dead link]} at AustLit

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[1] Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.

[2] "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 814. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 October 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

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