Dangerous Corner (Wednesday Theatre)

21st episode of the 1st season of Wednesday Theatre

"Dangerous Corner"

Wednesday Theatre episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 21

Directed by

Patrick Barton

Teleplay by

John Warwick

Based on

Dangerous Corner
by J.B. Priestley

Original air date

9 June 1965 (1965-06-09)

Running time

75 mins

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"Dangerous Corner" is a 1965 Australian television play based on the play Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley. It was filmed in Melbourne.

Premise

A suicide and an empty cigarette case spark an emotional powder keg in a family.

Cast

Dorothy Bradley as Olwen
Maxwell Jackson as Robert
Amanda Fox as Freda
Judith Arthy as Betty
David Mitchell as Gordon
Charles Stanton as Keith
Sheila Florance as Miss Mockridge
Keith Lee

Production

Amanda Fox was an English actress who was born when her father was appearing in the original stage production of Dangerous Corner.

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "After 30 years or so the play still has its internal fascination as an ingenious piece of stagecraft, but the present cast was totally unable to recapture the quietly sinister implications of the original production and substituted shouting and overacting."

References

"TV Guide". The age. 3 June 1965. p. 24.
"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 June 1965. p. 19.
"TODAY'S TV". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 177. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 June 1965. p. 19. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"What to stay home for..." The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 175. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 June 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"All quiet on the waterfront". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 179. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 June 1965. p. 21. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
"Priestley play in common". The Age. 3 June 1965. p. 21.
Cotton, Leicester (11 June 1965). "Bizarre Study from Japanese Director". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 9.

External links

v t e TV productions of Patrick Barton
You Can't Win 'Em All (1962) The Gioconda Smile (1963) Night Stop (1963) The Hot Potato Boys (1963) Double Yolk (1963) The Angry General (1964) The Sponge Room (1964) The Road (1964) Wind from the Icy Country (1964) A Provincial Lady (1964) Dangerous Corner (1965) A Time to Speak (1965) Cross of Gold (1965) Othello (1965) Daphne Laureola (1965) Romanoff and Juliet (1965) Waiting in the Wings (1965) What About Next Year (1966) The Third Witness (1966) Ashes to Ashes (1966) Antigone (1966) Should the Woman Pay? (1966) The Paradise Shanty (1966) Flight into Danger (1966) Man of Destiny (1967) Goodbye, Gloria, Hello! (1967) Cobwebs in Concrete (1968) Quality of Mercy (1975) (TV series) Bellbird (TV series)

TV productions of Patrick Barton

You Can't Win 'Em All (1962)
The Gioconda Smile (1963)
Night Stop (1963)
The Hot Potato Boys (1963)
Double Yolk (1963)
The Angry General (1964)
The Sponge Room (1964)
The Road (1964)
Wind from the Icy Country (1964)
A Provincial Lady (1964)
Dangerous Corner (1965)
A Time to Speak (1965)
Cross of Gold (1965)
Othello (1965)
Daphne Laureola (1965)
Romanoff and Juliet (1965)
Waiting in the Wings (1965)
What About Next Year (1966)
The Third Witness (1966)
Ashes to Ashes (1966)
Antigone (1966)
Should the Woman Pay? (1966)
The Paradise Shanty (1966)
Flight into Danger (1966)
Man of Destiny (1967)
Goodbye, Gloria, Hello! (1967)
Cobwebs in Concrete (1968)
Quality of Mercy (1975) (TV series)
Bellbird (TV series)

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