Double Yolk
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| Double Yolk | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Hugh Williams Margaret Williams |
| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins [4] |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Release | 15 May 1963 (Melbourne)[1] 26 June 1963 (Sydney)[2][3] |
Double Yolk is a 1963 Australian television play. It adapts two short plays, "By Accident" and "With Intent".[5] Both were by Hugh and Margaret Williams, who had written The Grass is Greener.[6][7]
By Accident[edit]
"By Accident" is set in Northampton. It is about an air force pilot Bill about to be promoted to squadron leader whose wife Jane worries he will be killed in action, as her father was.
Cast[edit]
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Jane
- Fred Parslow as Bill
- Dorothy Bradley as Ann Brylerly
- Leslie Wright as Jim Bailey
With Intent[edit]
"With Intent" is set in a house between Liverpool and Southport. It is about an invalid woman, Helen, who has a nurse, Miss Bennett (Joan Letch). The woman receives a letter from her husband Colin which was intended for another woman.
Cast[edit]
- Keith Eden as Colin
- Betty Berrell as Helen
- Joan Letch as Miss Bennett
- Edward Howell as doctor
Cast[edit]
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Elspeth Ballantyne | Jane |
| Keith Eden | Colin |
| Betty Berrell | Helen |
| Dorothy Bradley | Ann |
| Edward Howell | Doctor |
| Joan Letch | Miss Bennett |
| Fred Parslow | Bill |
| Leslie Wright | Jim |
References[edit]
- ^ "Authors Doubled Yolked". The Age. 9 May 1963. p. 10.
- ^ "THIS WEEK ON ABC3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 570. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 June 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 June 1963.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 9 May 1963. p. 27.
- ^ "Untitled". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 570. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 June 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Two Plays In One Feature". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 572. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 June 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
External links[edit]
- Double Yolk at IMDb
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