form y separately published work icon A Touch of Gold single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1967... 1967 A Touch of Gold
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Centres on the stifling effect of small town life on Edith, the central character.

'Edith's life is tarnished by the unknown past of the man she loves, but only he can save her from the suffocation of small-town Australia in the 1890s.'

Source:

[Television guide], The Age 8 June 1967, p.7.

Notes

  • Television play.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: ABC Television , 1967 .
      Link: 19048041Digitised script Sighted: 16/04/2020
      Extent: 30min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Australian Playhouse Australia Playhouse ABC Television (publisher), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1966-1967 Z1569693 1966 series - publisher film/TV

      Broadcast on ABC Television between 1966 and 1967, the Australian Playhouse program comprised two series of plays by Australian writers who were new to TV. Among the featured productions were works by Tony Morphett, Pat Flower, and John Warwick.

      The series began in 1966 with 'The Pigeon', which aired in April, and ran weekly until early November, when it ended with 'The Paradise Shanty'.

      Australian Playhouse began again in 1967 with 'Touch of Gold', which aired in July, and ran until October, when it ended with 'The Five Sided Triangle, or One too Many'.

             Number in series: 2.01

      Holdings

      Held at: National Archives of Australia National Archives Library
      Note:
      Holdings include a digitisation of the shooting script.
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Works about this Work

Australia’s Forgotten Television Plays : Four from the Goddard Years Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 3 October 2021;
Playhouse Returns 1967 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 8 June 1967; (p. 8)
Playhouse Returns 1967 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 8 June 1967; (p. 8)
Australia’s Forgotten Television Plays : Four from the Goddard Years Stephen Vagg , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 3 October 2021;
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Subjects:
  • 1890s
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