The Empty Day

The Empty Day is a 1966 Australian television play by Pat Flower. It was part of Australian Playhouse.[4][5] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6]

"The Empty Day"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 21
Teleplay byPat Flower
Produced byJohn Croyston[1]
Original air date12 September 1966 (Sydney, Melbourne)[2][3]
17 October 1966 (Brisbane)
Running time30 mins

Plot

Sixteen year old Jennifer, alone in her aunt's apartment, invites a strange man inside, believing him to be a friend of the family. They have too much to drink, the man attempts to seduce her, but recovers his manners.

Cast

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said Goddard's performance had "intensity, freshness and vigour" and said she was "ably partnered" by Stanley Walsh but thought the script did not make it "clear whether he was an alcoholic, a sex maniac or merely a stupid twerp."[7]

The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald said "it was not Miss Flower's best effort by a long shot. In fact, its plot had enough holes to sink a battleship. The fact it didn't sink and sustained suspense was partly due to some crafty writing but mostly due to the performances in the cast."[8]

The Canberra Times said the play was "another triumph for" Goddard which "emphasised the fact that producers have to cast her in plays of high enough standard to do her justice. In the classics Point of Departure and Antigone, this young actrcss was challenged by the quality of the plays. The challenge in The Empty Day was to lift a tautly-written but improbable play... into tense reality."[9]

References
  1. "TV Guide". 8 September 1966. p. 29.
  2. "Double Play with Fire". The Age. 8 September 1966. p. 12.
  3. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 September 1966. p. 15.
  4. "LOVELY LIZA". Tribune (1475). New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Adolescent impulses". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 481). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 September 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. Darlington, Dorothy (13 September 1966). "A Play for an Actress". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16.
  8. Marshall, Valda (18 September 1966). "Liza's Party Piece". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 85.
  9. "TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 482). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 September 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.


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