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Issue Details: First known date: 1967... 1967 The Brass Guitar
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

A contemporary television guide offers the following synopsis:

Toby Cambell [sic], the darling of the teenagers, loves both wife and brass guitar, but the idol of success demands that one be sacrificed.'

Source

[Television guide], The Canberra Times, 4 September 1967, p.17.

Notes

  • Television play.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1967
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: ABC Television , 1967 .
      Link: 19047990Digitised script Sighted: 16/04/2020
      Extent: 29min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Australian Playhouse Australia Playhouse ABC Television (publisher), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1966-1967 Z1569693 1966 series - publisher film/TV

      Broadcast on ABC Television between 1966 and 1967, the Australian Playhouse program comprised two series of plays by Australian writers who were new to TV. Among the featured productions were works by Tony Morphett, Pat Flower, and John Warwick.

      The series began in 1966 with 'The Pigeon', which aired in April, and ran weekly until early November, when it ended with 'The Paradise Shanty'.

      Australian Playhouse began again in 1967 with 'Touch of Gold', which aired in July, and ran until October, when it ended with 'The Five Sided Triangle, or One too Many'.

      Number in series: 2.07

      Holdings

      Held at: National Archives of Australia National Archives Library
      Location: Item barcode 12667605
      Note:
      Holdings include digitisation of the Rehearsal Script

Works about this Work

Forgotten Australian TV Plays : Seven Comedies from the 1960s Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 19 September 2021;
The Lone Rider Frank Roberts , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 September vol. 89 no. 4567 1967; (p. 41)

— Review of A Ride on the Big Dipper Ron Harrison , 1967 single work film/TV ; The Brass Guitar Oriel Gray , 1967 single work film/TV
The Lone Rider Frank Roberts , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 September vol. 89 no. 4567 1967; (p. 41)

— Review of A Ride on the Big Dipper Ron Harrison , 1967 single work film/TV ; The Brass Guitar Oriel Gray , 1967 single work film/TV
Forgotten Australian TV Plays : Seven Comedies from the 1960s Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 19 September 2021;
Last amended 16 Apr 2020 14:35:36
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