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Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 Auto-Stop
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'Once upon a time every young man who could afford it would, at least once in his life, take off on the Grand Tour of Europe and sample the glories - persons as well as things - that lie beyond the protective Channel. Nowadays fewer "milords" can afford the trip and yet more people seem to attempt it. Like Henry in tonight's play by Alan Seymour they cannot travel in high style so they hitch-hike instead, taking the pot luck of drivers and vehicles, dust and haphazard destinations. Henry (played by David Hemmings) goes because Federika, exercising the ancient charm of the femme fatale, challenges him to broaden his mind, enlarge his horizons - grow up, in short - by enduring the rigours of a Continental summer.

'He has to make his way to Athens where he will find awaiting him an even greater challenge from his enigmatic Federika. We go with him, under the bridges of Paris, around the foundations of Rome, on the beaches of Corfu, up and down the ruins of Greece. But alas, most of his time seems to be spent, not working steadily through his guide-book but meeting, loving, and breaking the hearts of a long and cosmopolitan series of beautiful and willing girls - blonde Karin from Norway, Australian Moya, American Rosaleen in shorts and dark glasses. Federika (Delphi Lawrence) is a resourceful woman and the message Henry finds awaiting him in Athens is not at all what he expects; neither is his reception when he finally gets back to London.'

Source: Radio Times, 15 April 1965.

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  • Television play.

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First known date: ca. 1965
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Screenplay. Typescript (photocopy).
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      Extent: 91 leaves.p.
      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H1575
First known date: 1965
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,
      1965 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon The Wednesday Play BBC TV (publisher), London : BBC TV , 1964-1970 Z1649155 1964 series - publisher film/TV

      A British television series of one-off plays made by the BBC. The series gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, including Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Australia's Alan Seymour also had two of his plays produced in 1965 - The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne and Auto-Stop. Some of the more famous productions include Up the Junction; Cathy Come Home; Stand Up Nigel Barton; Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton; On the Eve of Publication; and Son of Man. The series often addressed controversial issues such as homelessness and abortion.

      Number in series: 24
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