Dangerous Corner (Wednesday Theatre)

"Dangerous Corner"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 21
Directed byPatrick Barton
Teleplay byJohn Warwick
Based onDangerous Corner
by J.B. Priestley
Original air date9 June 1965 (1965-06-09)[1][2]
Running time75 mins[3]
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"Dangerous Corner" is a 1965 Australian television play based on the play Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley. It was filmed in Melbourne.[4][5][6]

Premise

A suicide and an empty cigarette case spark an emotional powder keg in a family.

Cast

  • Dorothy Bradley as Olwen
  • Maxwell Jackson as Robert
  • Amanda Fox as Freda
  • Judith Arthy as Betty
  • David Mitchell as Gordon
  • Charles Stanton as Keith
  • Sheila Florance as Miss Mockridge
  • Keith Lee

Production

Amanda Fox was an English actress who was born when her father was appearing in the original stage production of Dangerous Corner.[7]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "After 30 years or so the play still has its internal fascination as an ingenious piece of stagecraft, but the present cast was totally unable to recapture the quietly sinister implications of the original production and substituted shouting and overacting."[8]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The age. 3 June 1965. p. 24.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 June 1965. p. 19.
  3. ^ "TODAY'S TV". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 177. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 June 1965. p. 19. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "What to stay home for..." The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 175. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 June 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "All quiet on the waterfront". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 179. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 June 1965. p. 21. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. ^ "Priestley play in common". The Age. 3 June 1965. p. 21.
  8. ^ Cotton, Leicester (11 June 1965). "Bizarre Study from Japanese Director". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 9.


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