Across the Bridge (Australian Playhouse)

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"Across the Bridge"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 27
Directed byPat Alexander
Teleplay byLiane Keen
Original air date17 October 1966 (1966-10-17)
Running time30 mins
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"Across the Bridge" is the 27th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1][2] "Across the Bridge" was written by Liane Keen and directed by Pat Alexander and originally aired on ABC on 17 October 1966.[3][4]

Plot[edit]

A man and a divorced woman who live alone in a houseover looking Sydney Harbour meet through the arrangement of mutual friends – and their few hours together open doorways to an understanding both deep and tenuous.[5]

Cast[edit]

Reception[edit]

The Age said it "had a pretty thin and somewhat hackneyed theme, but two experienced and talented actors to interpret it."[6] Another reviewer from the same paper said the script "had a strong ring of truth."[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jap C.P. correspondent beaten up in Peking". Tribune. No. 1480. New South Wales, Australia. 12 October 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "Strangers Meet". The Age. 13 October 1966. p. 18.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1966. p. 17.
  5. ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 510. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 October 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Monitor (22 October 1966). "Australian TV needs good rationalising". The Age. p. 23.
  7. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 20 October 1966. p. 29.

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