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Adaptation of
Dr. Homer Speaks : 'Oh, Ai-lar-tsua Farewell' : A Satire
1963
single work
drama
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First known date:
1965...
1965
The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me
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'Digger Smith comes back from World War II to his wife Shirl and baby daughter Betty and his modest house. Dig is a happy, uncomplicated man until the wave of prosperity catches up with him.'
Source:
[Television guide], The Canberra Times, 28 July 1965, p.19.
Notes
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Television play.
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A considerably shortened and altered television adaptation of Ric Throssell's drama Dr. Homer Speaks, The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me was broadcast in 1965. While Pictures Australia suggests 1962, the drama did not actually premiere on stage until 1963 (Canberra Repertory Society). Dennis Carrol, in 'The United States in Recent Australian Drama' (1973) notes that the production made no great impression but 'later on a shortened television version reached a wider audience' (p. 345).
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Forgotten Australian TV Plays : The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me
2021
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 27 June 2021; -
60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s
2019
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 February 2019; -
Canberra Writer's Play on ABC This Week
1965
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 July 1965; (p. 13)
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Canberra Writer's Play on ABC This Week
1965
single work
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 July 1965; (p. 13) -
60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 18 February 2019; -
Forgotten Australian TV Plays : The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 27 June 2021;
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