Photo Finish (Wednesday Theatre)
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox television episode
| series = Wednesday Theatre
| image =
| caption =
| season = 1
| episode = 43
| director = Oscar Whitbread
| teleplay = John Warwick
| based_on = {{Based on|Photo Finish|Peter Ustinov}}
| photographer =
| airdate = {{Start date|1965|11|10|df=yes}}
| length = 60 mins{{Cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|date=8 November 1965|page=13}}{{cite news|title=TV Guide|date=4 November 1965|page=34|newspaper=The Age}}
| guests =
| prev = The Bergonzi Hand
| next = The Casualties
}}
"Photo Finish" is a 1965 Australian teleplay based on a play by Peter Ustinov. It screened on ABC and was produced by Oscar Whitbread and starred Frank Thring.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105871569 |title=Photo finish of an 80-year-old |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=40 |issue=11,307 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 November 1965 |accessdate=27 February 2016 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19651104&id=hEUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3JYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7075,594810&hl=en|title = The Age - Google News Archive Search}} "Photo Finish" aired on 10 November 1965 in Melbourne and Sydney.{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hEUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3JYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7075%2C594810|title=Photo Finish with Frank Thring|date=4 November 1965|page=14}}{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney MOrning Herald|title=TV Guide|date=8 November 1965|page=13}}
Thring played the role on stage the year before.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/25053|title=AusStage}}
It was part of Wednesday Theatre.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105871586 |title=WEDNESDAY |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=40 |issue=11,307 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 November 1965 |accessdate=20 March 2017 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}} Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s|date=February 18, 2019}}
Plot
A writer is visited by ghosts from his past - himself at the ages of twenty, forty, and sixty.
Cast
- Frank Thring as Sam Kinsale, aged 80
- Elspeth Ballantyne
- Michael Duffield as the father
- Beverley Dunn as the mother
- Norman Ettling as the 40 year old
- Patricia Kennedy as Stella, the wife
- Patsy King
- Stanley Walsh as the 20 year old
- Raymond Westwell as the 60 year old
Production
Reception
The Age said Thring "gave a striking performance" and praised the "sparkling dialogue".{{cite news|last=Monitor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121953731/?terms=%22stanley%20walsh%22&match=1|newspaper=The Age|date=13 November 1965|page=23|title=What answers would you give?}}
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "excellent".{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122800974/?terms=%22stanley%20walsh%22&match=1|first=Leicester|last=Cotton|date=12 November 1965|page=11|title=Resemblances in photo finish}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb episode|4121814}}
{{Oscar Whitbread}}
Category:1965 television plays
Category:1965 Australian television episodes
Category:1960s Australian television plays
Category:Wednesday Theatre season 1 episodes
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