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"Casualty" is the third television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "Casualty" was written by John Croyston and originally aired on ABC on 3 July 1967 in Melbourne and on 7 August 1967 in Sydney.

Premise

A story centered around a hospital waiting room.

Cast

• Ben Gabriel
• Shirley Cameron
• Martin Harris
• Bowen Llewellyn
• Ed Nelson

Reception

A reviewer in The Age called it "a waste of viewing time".

Another writer in that paper called it "stylised".

The Sydney Morning Herald complained about Croyston's "airy fairy artsy farsty script".

References

1. "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 760. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 August 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "TV Guide". The Age. 29 June 1967. p. 15.
3. "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 1967. p. 6.
4. Gillson, Ann (5 July 1967). "The Secret of Hunter". The Age. p. 6.
5. "Teletopics". The Age. 14 September 1967. p. 9.
6. Covell, Roger (19 August 1967). "problem for the quintet". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 11.

External links

• "Casualty" at AustLit
• "Casualty" at IMDb
• Complete script at National Archives of Australia

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