Australian Plays

Australian Plays is a 1969 Australian anthology TV drama series that aired on the ABC.[1] It consisted of six original Australian dramas.[2]

Australian Plays
Genreanthology
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerEric Taylor
Running time70 minutes
Release
Original networkABC
Original release1969 (1969)

It was the first Australian drama play since Lucullus in Sydney and Cobwebs in Concrete in Melbourne.[1]

It was the first Australian anthology series since Australian Playhouse and was described by the ABC as "representative of contemporary Australian writers and the development of Australian television drama today." It was produced by Eric Taylor. It was meant to be followed by a series Company of Eight which will have a regular repertory company of eight actors.[3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]

First Season

Second series

References
  1. "Drama Sheds Mothballs". The Age. 23 October 1969. p. 45.
  2. "Australian plays on ABC-TV". The Canberra Times. 27 October 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 29 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Marshall, Valda. "Six Australian Plays in ABC Series". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 121.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
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