The Brass Guitar

The Brass Guitar is a 1967 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation by Oriel Gray. It was part of Australian Playhouse.[3][4] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

"The Brass Guitar"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 7
Teleplay byOriel Gray
Original air date31 July 1967 (Melbourne)[1]
4 September 1967 (Sydney)[2]
Running time30 mins

Plot

Toby Campbell, a pop idol, loves both wife and brass guitar, but the idol of success demands that one be sacrificed.

Cast

Reception

The Bulletin called it " a fussy, fancy, rather desperate essay into quirky humor which failed mainly because it needed sharp dialogue but had nothing more original than, “This boy has nightmares that could win Melbourne Cups.” In its favor: Alan Clarke's op art set, and Terry McDermott's appearance as a raincoated, very Orstralian detective."[6]

See also
  • List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)

References
  1. "TV Guide". The Age. 25 July 1967. p. 26.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1967. p. 13.
  3. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. 42 (11, 784). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 September 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 22 March 2019
  5. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019


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