Across the Bridge (TV play)

Across the Bridge is a 1966 Australian television play by Liane Keen. It was part of Australian Playhouse.[3][4]

"Across the Bridge"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 26
Directed byPat Alexander
Teleplay byLiane Keen
Original air date17 October 1966[1][2]
Running time30 mins

Plot

A man and a divorced woman who lives alone in a house over looking Sydney Harbour meet through the arrangement of mutual friends - and their few hours together open doorways to an understanding both deep and tenuous.[5]

Cast
  • Carol Raye as the Woman
  • Alan Trevor as the Man
  • Tony Ingersent
  • Susan Vaughan
  • Paula Peters

Reception

The Age said it "had a pretty thin and somewhat hackneyed theme, but two experienced and talented actors to interpret it."[6] Another reviewer from the same paper said the script "had a strong ring of truth."[7]

References
  1. "Strangers Meet". The Age. 13 October 1966. p. 18.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1966. p. 17.
  3. "Jap C.P. correspondent beaten up in Peking". Tribune (1480). New South Wales, Australia. 12 October 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 510). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 October 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Monitor (22 October 1966). The Age. p. 23. Text "title-Australian TV needs good rationalising" ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Teletopics". The Age. 20 October 1966. p. 29.


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