Breakdown (TV play)

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"Breakdown (TV play)"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 12
Teleplay by Michael Boddy
Original air date9 October 1967
Running time30 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]

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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

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References

  1. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  2. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times . 42 (11, 814). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 October 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2019 via National Library of Australia.