Shadow on the Wall (Wednesday Theatre)

15th episode of the 2nd season of Wednesday Theatre

"Shadow on the Wall"

Wednesday Theatre episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 15

Directed by

Christopher Muir

Teleplay by

Ru Pullan

Original air date

10 April 1968 (1968-04-10)

Running time

30 mins

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"Shadow on the Wall" is the 15th television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Wednesday Theatre. It was recorded in 1967 as part of Australian Playhouse but was not aired until 10 April 1968 in Melbourne and Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre. It was a rare contemporary Australian TV drama to address the Vietnam War.

It ran for 30 minutes.

Premise

In a North Vietnamese village, there is conflict between a local priest and the local political commissar.

Cast

Allan Tobin as Captain Yun
Keith Lee as the bishop
Mark Albiston as Comissar Kin
Lyndel Rowe as Lin Tan
Farida Jauhari
Richard Lee
Suzette Jauhari

Production

It was filmed at ABC's studios in Ripponlea in April 1967 for Australian Playhouse but was not screened until the following year, when it aired as an episode of Wednesday Theatre.

Reception

The Age said it "might've been a good idea but it didn't come off" arguing the play was more suited to radio and that the actors and sets were not convincing and adding it "lacked conviction - and the climax was missed photographically."

References

"Vietnam Drama". The Age. 5 April 1968. p. 30.
"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 August 1968. p. 34.
Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Boy with Banner, Objector and Watch It". Filmink.
"TV Guide". 8 April 1968. p. 34.
"television". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 April 1968. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via Trove.
"TV Guide". The Age. 5 April 1968. p. 38.
"39 Critics at a TV Taping". The Age. 6 April 1967. p. 31.
Televiewer (18 April 1968). "Teletopics". The Age TV Radio Guide. p. 2.

External links

Shadow on the Wall at AusStage

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Ballets	Giselle (1959) Ballet Studio (1959) The Nutcracker (1960) Coppelia (1960) The Bloodless Sand (1961) Sylvia (1961) Caranval (1961) The Spider's Banquet (1963) One in Five (1963) Robert Pomie Ballet (1963) Hans Christian Anderson (1963) The New Horizon (1964) The Fir Tree (1964) Seven Deadly Sins (1965) She (1967)
Feature film	Libido (1973)
TV series	Lucky Colour Blue (1975) (TV series) Andra (1976) (TV series) Golden Pennies (1985) (TV mini series) Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1988)

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