Waiting in the Wings (Wednesday Theatre)

29th episode of the 1st season of Wednesday Theatre

"Waiting in the Wings"

Wednesday Theatre episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 29

Directed by

Patrick Barton

Teleplay by

John Warwick

Based on

Waiting in the Wings
by Noël Coward

Original air date

21 July 1965 (1965-07-21)

Running time

75 mins

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"Waiting in the Wings" is a 1965 Australian television play. It was filmed in Melbourne. "Waiting in the Wings" aired on 21 July 1965 in Sydney, and Melbourne.

Premise

At a nursing home for elderly actresses, a newcomer causes trouble.

Cast

Patricia Kennedy
Moira Carleton

Reception

The critic from The Sydney Morning Herald thought that the "75 minutes were engagingly spent" with strong acting and direction.

References

"WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 211. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 July 1965. p. 16. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"National studio puts on a play". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 211. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 July 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 1965. p. 15.
"Noel Coward Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 1965. p. 7.

External links

Waiting in the Wings at National Film and Sound Archive

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)

Works by Noël Coward

Revues

London Calling! (1923)
On with the Dance (1925)
This Year of Grace (1928)
Words and Music (1932)
Set to Music (1939)
Sigh No More (1945)
Noël Coward's Sweet Potato (1968)
Oh, Coward! (1972)
Cowardy Custard (1972)

Musicals

Bitter Sweet (1929)
Conversation Piece (1934)
Operette (1938)
Pacific 1860 (1946)
Ace of Clubs (1950)
After the Ball (1954)
Sail Away (1961)
The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963)

Plays

The Rat Trap (1918)
I'll Leave It to You (1920)
The Better Half (1922)
The Young Idea (1923)
The Vortex (1924)
Hay Fever (1925)
Fallen Angels (1925)
Easy Virtue (1925)
The Queen Was in the Parlour (1926)
Semi-Monde (1926)
This Was a Man (1926)
Sirocco (1927)
The Marquise (1927)
Home Chat (1927)
Private Lives (1930)
Post-Mortem (1930)
Cavalcade (1931)
Design for Living (1932)
Point Valaine (1934)
Tonight at 8.30 (1936)
Present Laughter (1939)
This Happy Breed (1939)
Blithe Spirit (1941)
Peace in Our Time (1946)
South Sea Bubble (1949)
Relative Values (1951)
Quadrille (1952)
Nude with Violin (1956)
Look After Lulu! (1959)
Waiting in the Wings (1960)
Suite in Three Keys (1966)

Films

Prose

Pomp and Circumstance (1960)
Pretty Polly and Other Stories (1964)

Memoirs

Adaptations

Films	The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927) The Vortex (1928) Easy Virtue (1928) Private Lives (1930) Bitter Sweet (1933) Cavalcade (1933) Tonight Is Ours (1933) Design for Living (1933) Bitter Sweet (1940) We Were Dancing (1942) Meet Me Tonight (1952) Pretty Polly (1967) Relative Values (2000) Easy Virtue (2008) Blithe Spirit (2020)
TV	Cavalcade (1955) Blithe Spirit (1956) South Sea Bubble (1956) Red Peppers (1962) Nude with Violin (1964) Waiting in the Wings (1965) Present Laughter (1967) Look After Lulu! (1967)
Musical	High Spirits (1964)

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