Haywire (Australian Playhouse)

"Haywire"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 18
Directed byPat Alexander
Teleplay byCreswick Jenkinson
Original air date15 August 1966 (1966-08-15)
Running time30 mins
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"Haywire" is the 18th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1][2] "Haywire" was written by Creswick Jenkinson and directed by Pat Alexander and originally aired on ABC on 15 August 1966.

Plot

A young art student is followed home by Roscoe, a male model. She is scolded by her sister Joya who believes she can deal with Roscoe but gets trapped by him. She accidentally calls two uni students who are unsure if they are hearing a real call or a radio drama. They eventually decide to find the girl but have trouble locating her.[3]

Cast

  • Kit Taylor as uni student
  • John Krummel as uni student
  • Carolyn Keely as Joya, her elder sister
  • Lucia Duchenski as the art student
  • David Yorston as Roscoe

Production

It was filmed in Sydney, New South Wales[4]

Reception

The Age called it "ranting melodrama, over obvious and with incident reduced to a minimum."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "TELEVISION Fine local play". The Canberra Times. 16 August 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 25 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 1966. p. 17.
  4. ^ "Trouble with a sick wolf". The Age. 11 August 1966. p. 9 of TV Guide.
  5. ^ Monitor (20 August 1966). "Religion o the TV screen". The Age. p. 61.


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