The Air-Conditioned Author

"The Air-Conditioned Author"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 3
Directed byHenri Safran
Teleplay byColin Free
Original air date2 May 1966 (1966-05-02)
Running time30 mins
Guest appearances
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"The Air Conditioned Author" is the third television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1][2] "The Air Conditioned Author" was written by Colin Free and directed by Henri Safran and originally aired on ABC on 2 May 1966.[3]

Plot

A novelist, Nicholas Lovatt, becomes disillusioned when his publisher urges him to turn out stereotyped novels.[4]

Cast

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a comedy that missed because it lacked deft shaping".[5]

The Age called it "shapeless, disconnected and bumpy".[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "TELEVISION Hindsight on 1966 viewing". The Canberra Times. 30 December 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 29 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "ABC's new drama series". Tribune. No. 1459. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 1966. p. 11.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 1966. p. 11.
  5. ^ "Fuss and Confusion". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 May 1966. p. 16.
  6. ^ Monitor (7 May 1966). "Television". The Age. p. 23.


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