| Love and War | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Patrick Barton Oscar Whitbread |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | John Croyston |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 6 September – 11 October 1967 |
Love and War is a 1967 Australian TV series. [1]
It consists of six plays shot in ABC's Gore Hill studios. All of the self-contained episodes were produced by John Croyston, but not all of them were written by Australian script-writers.
Date: 6 September 1967
Producer: Patrick Barton
It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 60 minutes. [2] [3]
The play had already been filmed by the ABC in 1963. [4]
Date: 13 September 1967
Director: John Croyston
It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 90 minutes. [6]
An anti-war fanatic falls victim to anarchy of his own making. In England at the end of the 19th century a small group of soldiers, led by the hardest man in the line, goes to a strike bound mining town in the north of England.
Date: 20 September 1967
It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 70 minutes. [7]
Date: 27 September 1967
Director: John Croyston
It ran for 90 minutes. [8]
In Ancient Rome, an emperor reflects on his life.
Date: 4 October 1967
Director: John Croyston
It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre , and ran for 65 minutes. [9] [10]
A woman leaves a small town where she has a boyfriend and falls for a guitarist.
The Sydney Morning Herald said: "The cast did what they could with it. Director John Croyston did what he could." [11]
Date: 11 October 1967
Director: Storry Walton
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