Dark Corridor
38th episode of the 1st season of Wednesday Theatre
"Dark Corridor" | |||
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Wednesday Theatre episode | |||
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 38 | ||
Directed by | Alan Burke | ||
Teleplay by | Trevor Nielsen | ||
Original air date | 6 October 1965 (1965-10-06)[1][2] | ||
Running time | 40 mins[3] | ||
Guest appearance | |||
Betty Lucas | |||
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"Dark Corridor" is a 1965 Australian TV play. It was an original play by Brisbane writer Trevor Nielsen.[4]
It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre.[5] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6]
Plot
The action takes place at a roadside cafe along a South Australian high way. A married woman arrives, claiming she has lost her memory. Then her husband arrives, claiming she is faking amnesia and that his wife tried to kill him.
Cast
- Betty Lucas
- Michael Thomas
- Judeth Duck
Production
The production was shot in Adelaide.[1]
References
- ^ a b "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1965. p. 28.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 30 September 1965. p. 28.
- ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 277. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 October 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TELEVISION Good idea for a play". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 281. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 October 1965. p. 25. Retrieved 9 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 1965. p. 15.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
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TV productions of Alan Burke
- A Fourth for Bridge (1957)
- A Rose Without a Thorn (1958)
- His Excellency (1958)
- The Skin of Our Teeth (1959)
- Misery Me (1959)
- Wuthering Heights (1959)
- The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960)
- Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960)
- Venus Observed (1960)
- The Emperor Jones (1960)
- A Little South of Heaven (1961)
- The Merchant of Venice (1961)
- A Night Out (1961)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1962)
- My Three Angels (1962)
- The Young Victoria (1963)
- A Dead Secret (1963)
- The Tempest (1963)
- The Harp in the South (1964)
- Rusty Bugles (1965)
- Macbeth (1965)
- Dark Corridor (1965)
- The Prowler (1966)
- Antarctic Four (1966)
- The Survivor (1972)
- Redheap (1972)
- The Cousin from Fiji (1972)
- A Curate in Bohemia (1972)
- Dust or Polish? (1972)
- Halfway to Nowhere (1972)
- Essington (1974)
- Hamlet (1974)
- Ride on Stranger (1979)
- Coralie Lansdowne Says No (1980)
- A Toast to Melba (1980)
- Big Toys (1980)
- Departmental (1980)
- The Department (1980)
- Rusty Bugles (1981)
- A Hard God (1981)
- Going Home (1981)
- Jonah (1982)
- The Dean Case (1983)
- The Amorous Dentist (1983)
- A Halo for Athuan (1984)
- Kindred Spirits (1984)
- The Schippan Mystery (1984)
- Who Killed Hannah Jane? (1984)
- Rooted (1985)
- After Marcuse (1988)
- The Alien Years (1988)
- Prima Donna (1959)
- Rita (1959)
- Cavalleria rusticana (1959)
- The Marriage of Figaro (1960)
- The Medium (1960)
- The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961)
- La Boheme (1961)
- Don Pasquale (1962)
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1961)
- Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only)
- Lola Montez (1962)
- The Sentimental Bloke (1976)
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