The Brass Guitar

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"The Brass Guitar"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 7
Teleplay by Oriel Gray
Original air date31 July 1967 (1967-07-31)
Running time30 mins
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"The Brass Guitar" is the seventh television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse . [1] [2] "The Brass Guitar" was written by Oriel Gray and originally aired on ABC on 31 July 1967 in Melbourne [3] and on 4 September 1967 in Sydney, [4]

Contents

Plot

Toby Campbell, a pop idol, loves both wife and brass guitar, but the idol of success demands that one be sacrificed.

Cast

Reception

The Bulletin called it "a fussy, fancy, rather desperate essay into quirky humor which failed mainly because it needed sharp dialogue but had nothing more original than, "This boy has nightmares that could win Melbourne Cups." In its favor: Alan Clarke's op art set, and Terry McDermott's appearance as a raincoated, very Orstralian detective." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times . Vol. 42, no. 11, 784. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 September 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 23 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Vol. 89 No. 4567 (16 Sep 1967)". The Bulletin . John Haynes and J.F. Archibald. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age . 25 July 1967. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald . 4 September 1967. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "Vol. 89 No. 4567 (16 Sep 1967)". The Bulletin . John Haynes and J.F. Archibald. Retrieved 22 March 2019.


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