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Point of Departure (Wednesday Theatre)

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"Point of Departure"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 25
Directed byHenri Safran
Teleplay byplay by Jean Anouilh
Original air date22 June 1966 (1966-06-22)
Running time75 mins[1]
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"Point of Departure" is a 1966 Australian television film.[2] It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3] "Point of Departure" aired on 22 June 1966 in Sydney,[4] on 29 June 1966 in Melbourne,[5][6] and on 27 July 1966 in Brisbane.[7]

It was one of three plays put on by the ABC to commemorate 2,500 years of Greek theatre.[8]

Plot

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A boy and a girl meet in a small provincial town at the beginning of German occupation in World War II.

Cast

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Production

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Ross Thompson had previously been in The Pigeon for Australian Playhouse. He and Goddard had acted in a scene together in They're a Weird Mob. Point of Departure had a cast of fifteen.[7]

Reception

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The Sydney Morning Herald write that Ross Thompson's "sensitive and convincing acting made the best of the obvious weaknesses in the plot itself."[9]

Filmink thought " maybe this is the sort of play that works best on stage, with its slightly fantastical nature and hopping around in time and place."[8]

References

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  1. ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 499. 20 June 1966. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "leisure – the arts MUSIC A satisfying experience". The Canberra Times. 17 June 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1966. p. 23.
  5. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 23 June 1966. p. 15.
  6. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 23 June 1966. p. 29.
  7. ^ a b "Teenagers star in French love story". TV Times. 20 July 1966. p. 10.
  8. ^ a b Vagg, Stephen (4 October 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Point of Departure and Man of Destiny". Filmink. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  9. ^ JP (20 June 1966). "Wartime romance". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16.
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