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| title = Otherwise Engaged |
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| series = [[Wednesday Theatre]] |
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| season = 1 |
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| episode = 21 |
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| director = [[Oscar Whitbread]] |
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| teleplay = John Cameron |
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| airdate = 2 June 1965 (Sydney) |
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| ⚫ | | length = 60 minutes<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105846486 |title=WEDNESDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39, |issue=11,169 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=31 May 1965 |accessdate=20 March 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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| next = [[Dangerous Corner (1965 film)|Dangerous Corner]] |
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'''''Otherwise Engaged''''' is a 1965 Australian television film which aired on ABC. Broadcast in a 60-minute time-slot, it was written by John Cameron and produced in Melbourne.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o64RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1944%2C477741</ref> |
'''''Otherwise Engaged''''' is a 1965 Australian television film which aired on ABC. Broadcast in a 60-minute time-slot, it was written by John Cameron and produced in Melbourne.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o64RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1944%2C477741</ref> |
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It was part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]''. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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As a result of pressures of running a large business, Henry Williamson finds he has been neglecting his duties to his family, providing unlimited funds instead of a husband and father's guiding hand. His son is lazy and fails his uni exams, his daughter is spoilt and is about to be married to a troublesome man called Bevin, and his wife spends time making metal sculptures. |
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A man, feeling he has been neglecting his family, forces them to join him to a pacific island. |
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In an attempt to have a better family relationship, he takes them up in a plane to look at a country property he is thinking of buying and winds up on a Pacific island. Williamson insists his family stay there.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=May 31, 1965|title=TV guide|page=15}}</ref> |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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*Michael Duffield |
*Michael Duffield as Henry Williamson |
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*[[Mary Ward (actress)|Mary Ward]] |
*[[Mary Ward (actress)|Mary Ward]] as his wife |
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*Anne Charleston |
*Anne Charleston as his daughter |
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*Dennis Miller |
*Dennis Miller |
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*Jeffrey Hodgson |
*Jeffrey Hodgson |
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*Lloyd Cunnington |
*Lloyd Cunnington |
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==Production== |
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The play was written exclusively for television. It was the third TV play by John Cameron, who had also written ''[[Outpost (1959 film)|Outpost]]'' and ''[[The Teeth of Wind]]''. It was described as "a play without a message" and was shot in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Play Set in Sydney|date=May 31, 1965|page=14}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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The TV critic from the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said "the play might have seemed more attractive in its corrective escapism if some of its palm-fringed, moon-visited settings had not been stirred so obviously by a studio breeze; and Oscar Whitbrcad's direction would have released more of the author's latent humour if his cast had been able to supply more than conventionally stiff realisations of conventional characters."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=TELEVISION REVIEW Melbourne Production of "Otherwise Engaged"|date=3 June 1965|page=8}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
*[[List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)]] |
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*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4117084/ ''Otherwise Engaged'' on IMDb] |
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4117084/ ''Otherwise Engaged'' on IMDb] |
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*[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/8046387 ''Otherwise Engaged''] at [[Austlit]] |
*[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/8046387 ''Otherwise Engaged''] at [[Austlit]] |
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[[Category:1965 television films]] |
[[Category:1965 television films]] |
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[[Category:Australian television films]] |
[[Category:Australian television films]] |
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Revision as of 08:14, 21 February 2019
| "Otherwise Engaged" | |
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| Wednesday Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 21 |
| Directed by | Oscar Whitbread |
| Teleplay by | John Cameron |
| Original air date | 2 June 1965 (Sydney) |
| Running time | 60 minutes[1] |
Otherwise Engaged is a 1965 Australian television film which aired on ABC. Broadcast in a 60-minute time-slot, it was written by John Cameron and produced in Melbourne.[2]
It was part of Wednesday Theatre.
Plot
As a result of pressures of running a large business, Henry Williamson finds he has been neglecting his duties to his family, providing unlimited funds instead of a husband and father's guiding hand. His son is lazy and fails his uni exams, his daughter is spoilt and is about to be married to a troublesome man called Bevin, and his wife spends time making metal sculptures.
In an attempt to have a better family relationship, he takes them up in a plane to look at a country property he is thinking of buying and winds up on a Pacific island. Williamson insists his family stay there.[3]
Cast
- Michael Duffield as Henry Williamson
- Mary Ward as his wife
- Anne Charleston as his daughter
- Dennis Miller
- Jeffrey Hodgson
- Lloyd Cunnington
Production
The play was written exclusively for television. It was the third TV play by John Cameron, who had also written Outpost and The Teeth of Wind. It was described as "a play without a message" and was shot in Melbourne.[4]
Reception
The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald said "the play might have seemed more attractive in its corrective escapism if some of its palm-fringed, moon-visited settings had not been stirred so obviously by a studio breeze; and Oscar Whitbrcad's direction would have released more of the author's latent humour if his cast had been able to supply more than conventionally stiff realisations of conventional characters."[5]
See also
References
- ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, , no. 11, 169. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 May 1965. p. 16. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o64RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1944%2C477741
- ^ "TV guide". Sydney Morning Herald. May 31, 1965. p. 15.
- ^ "Play Set in Sydney". Sydney Morning Herald. May 31, 1965. p. 14.
- ^ "TELEVISION REVIEW Melbourne Production of "Otherwise Engaged"". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 June 1965. p. 8.
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