Casualty (TV play)

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| director =[[Storry Walton]]

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| teleplay =John Croyston

| teleplay = John Croyston

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| airdate = 3 July 1967

| airdate =3 July 1967 (Melbourne)<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Age|date=29 June 1967|page=15}}</ref><br>7 August 1967 (Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120572862/?terms=%22australian%2Bplayhouse%22|title=TV Guide|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 August 1967|page=6}}</ref>

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“”’Casualty”'” is a 1967 Australian television play by John Croyston. It aired as part of ”[[Australian Playhouse]]”.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106970565 |title=MONDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=41 |issue=11,760 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 August 1967 |accessdate=27 February 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

“”’Casualty”'” is the third [[television play]] episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series ”[[Australian Playhouse]]”.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106970565 |title=MONDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=41 |issue=11,760 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 August 1967 |accessdate=27 February 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> “Casualty” was written by John Croyston and originally aired on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] on 3 July 1967 in Melbourne<ref>{{cite news |title=TV Guide |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=29 June 1967 |page=15}}</ref> and on 7 August 1967 in Sydney.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120572862/?terms=%22australian%2Bplayhouse%22 |title=TV Guide |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=6 August 1967 |page=6}}</ref>

==Premise==

==Premise==

A story centered around a hospital waiting room.

A story centered around a hospital waiting room.

==Cast==

==Cast==

* [[Ben Gabriel]]

* [[Ben Gabriel]]

==Reception==

==Reception==

A reviewer in ”[[The Age]]” called it “a waste of viewing time”.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=5 July 1967|page=6|title=The Secret of Hunter|first=Ann|last=Gillson}}</ref>

A reviewer in ”[[The Age]]” called it “a waste of viewing time”.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=5 July 1967 |page=6 |title=The Secret of Hunter |first=Ann |last=Gillson}}</ref>

Another writer in that paper called it “stylised”.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Tv1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=819%2C2537620|date=14 September 1967|title=Teletopics|page=9}}</ref>

Another writer in that paper called it “stylised”.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Age]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Tv1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=819%2C2537620 |date=14 September 1967 |title=Teletopics |page=9}}</ref>

The ”[[Sydney Morning Herald]]” complained about Croyston’s “airy fairy artsy farsty script”.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 August 1967|page=11|title=problem for the quintet|first=Roger|last=Covell}}</ref>

”[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]” complained about Croyston’s “airy fairy artsy farsty script”.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=19 August 1967 |page=11 |title=problem for the quintet |first=Roger |last=Covell}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

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==External links==

==External links==

* {{AustLit|7107774|q=yes}}

*[https://www-austlit-edu-au/austlit/page/7107774 ”Casualty”]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [[AustLit]]

* {{IMDb episode}}

*[https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=12667713 Complete script] at [[National Archives of Australia]]

* [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=12667713 Complete script] at [[National Archives of Australia]]

{{Storry Walton}}

{{Storry Walton}}

[[Category:1960s Australian television plays]]

[[Category:Television articles with incorrect naming style]]

[[Category:1967 Australian television episodes]]

[[Category:1967 television plays]]

[[Category:1967 television plays]]

[[Category:1967 Australian television episodes]]

[[Category:1960s Australian television plays]]

[[Category:Australian Playhouse (season 2) episodes]]

[[Category:Australian Playhouse (season 2) episodes]]