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The Runaway (Wednesday Theatre)

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"The Runaway"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 42
Directed byStorry Walton
Teleplay byJohn Croyston
Original air date19 October 1966 (1966-10-19)
Running time30 minutes[1]
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"The Runaway" is a 1966 Australian television play. It aired on 19 October 1966 in Sydney,[2] and on 16 November 1966 in Melbourne,[3] on ABC as part of Wednesday Theatre.

It was written by John Croyston, who was better known as a producer; this was his first script for TV.[4]

Plot

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In a Sydney suburb, the two sons of a hard working pastry chef of continental background are struggling with their own ambitions.

Cast

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Reception

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The critic for the Sydney Morning Herald said the play "was not a work of genius, but it showed promise. The characters were fairly well drawn and their conflicts were credible though mundane. Troubles lay between father, and sons, mother and sons, between one son and his girl of a more affluent class. But the treatment lay flat. At one stage half the cast was explaining:. "We don't seem—you know what I mean—to get along or ... You know what I mean — understand each other." The cast did not help. All were flatter than the script and John Gray as the father gave a banal effort... Why did Storry Walton put up with the noise in the studio? And why didn't someone edit out the slow patches in the writing? All his faults counted against him, Croyston deserved a better first night."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 510. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 October 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1966. p. 17.
  3. ^ "tV Guide". The Age. 10 November 1966. p. 39.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 21.
  5. ^ Robinson, Harry (20 October 1966). "ON TELEVISION Whimsy comes to McGooley show". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12.
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