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"Should the Woman Pay"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 13
Directed by Patrick Barton
Teleplay byMonte Miller
Original air date11 July 1966 (1966-07-11)
Running time30 mins
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"Should the Woman Pay" is the 13th television play episode of the first season of the anthology television series Australian Playhouse . "Should the Woman Pay" was written by Monte Miller and directed by Patrick Barton. [1] and originally aired on ABC on 11 July 1966. [2]

Contents

Plot

A husband returns home to find his wife Marcia living with another man. He uses the law to maintain himself. [3]

Cast

Production

It was written by Monte Miller, the Police Prosecutor from Bathurst. [4] He wrote it as an exercise for a course in TV writing held at Orange by the University of Sydney Adult Education Department. (The same course also produced No Dogs on Diamond Street ). [5]

Reception

The Canberra Times called it :a clever idea, and I liked particularly the bright opening with music, and the polished performance by Marcella Burgoyne. [4]

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "although the play's triviality was not enhanced by any notable show of wit the author has capably dressed up the little plot, with dialogue which consistently keeps the note of casual comedy. Most of the entertainment came from the delightfully relaxed acting of Wynn Roberts as the artist husband who quietly and amiably traps his rival in his wife's flat." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (22 August 2022). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Four Australian Playhouses from 1966". Filmink.
  3. ↑ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times . Vol. 40, no. 11, 517. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 July 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 27 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 "TELEVISION Laugh makers". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 July 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 27 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Robinson, Harry (16 May 1966). "Signs of Life in Homicide". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 8.
  6. ↑ COSTANT1NO, ROMOLA (12 July 1966). "Casual comedy". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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