The Five Sided Triangle

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"The Five Sided Triangle"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 13
Directed byBrian Faull
Teleplay byBrian Faull
Original air date16 October 1967 (1967-10-16)
Running time30 mins
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"The Five Sided Triangle" is the 13th and finale television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse . "The Five Sided Triangle" was written by Brian Faull. [1] [2] and originally aired on ABC on 16 October 1967 in Sydney [3]

Contents

Plot

Mr Caradoc finds that the eternal triangle contains problems of unexpected dimensions. He is a business executive who divides his time between his wife and three mistresses.

Cast

Reception

The Age said "it had a confidence, a sureness missing in the other productions of this lamentable series." [4]

Actor Gordon Chater wrote a letter of complaint to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board about the show calling it a "parade of pornography". [5]

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References

  1. "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
  2. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times . Vol. 42, no. 11, 820. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 October 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 28 February 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald . 16 October 1967. p. 17.
  4. "Teletopics". The Age . 14 September 1967. p. 9.
  5. "Bedroom scenes play really rocked Chater". TV Times . 25 October 1967. p. 1.