The Affair (Wednesday Theatre)

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"The Affair"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 33
Directed byEric Taylor
Teleplay byRonald Miller
Based on The Affairl
by C. P. Snow
Original air dates18 August 1965 (1965-08-18) (Melbourne, Sydney) [1]
Running time90 mins [2]
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"The Affair" is a 1965 Australian television play based on the novel by C. P. Snow. It starred Roger Climpson, Richard Meikle and Anne Haddy and aired on the ABC as part of Wednesday Theatre . [3]

Contents

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [4]

Plot

A young Cambridge scientist, Donald Howard, introvertive and unpopular, is accused of fraud and dismissed from his fellowship. The twenty fellows attempt to dismiss their feelings of unease by calling him guilty. His wife campaigns for him, splitting the college into two factions, one which sticks by the original verdict the other which seeks to re-try him. [5]

Cast

Production

The script was based on the Dreyfus Case. The production was filmed at the ABC's studios in Gore Hill, Sydney. [6] It was the third in a trilogy of stories set at Cambridge. [7]

Reception

The Woman's Weekly called it "a milestone in local drama. It was good, world-class TV, not a production that can be tarnished by the tag "good for an Australian one." It was a wonderful play... The cast did well, and the producer did wonders." [8]

The Sydney Morning Herald thought it was "outstandingly cast and intelligently produced" but thought the story had flaws. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "The judges go on trail". The Age. 12 August 1965. p. 14.
  2. ↑ "TODAY'S TV". The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 11, 237. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 August 1965. p. 21. Retrieved 21 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Worth watching..." The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 11, 235. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 August 1965. p. 1 (TELEVISION and radio GUIDE). Retrieved 21 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 12 August 1965. p. 27.
  6. ↑ "Echoes of J'Accuse". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 1965. p. 12.
  7. ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 1965. p. 13.
  8. ↑ "Return of Streisand". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 33, no. 14. Australia. 1 September 1965. p. 19. Retrieved 21 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Tennant, Kylie (20 August 1965). "English accent in Australian manner". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 11.


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