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'''''The Final Factor''''' is a 1966 Australian television play by [[John Warwick]]. It was part of ''[[Australian Playhouse]]''. |
'''''The Final Factor''''' is a 1966 Australian television play by [[John Warwick]]. It was part of ''[[Australian Playhouse]]''. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Many lives are at stake while giants of the engineering world struggle for supremacy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107883554 |title=MONDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=40, |issue=11,529 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=25 July 1966 |accessdate=27 February 2019 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} |
Many lives are at stake while giants of the engineering world struggle for supremacy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107883554 |title=MONDAY |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=40, |issue=11,529 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=25 July 1966 |accessdate=27 February 2019 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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*Peter O'Shaugnessy |
*Peter O'Shaugnessy |
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*[[Richard Meikle]] |
*[[Richard Meikle]] |
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*Noel Brophy |
*Noel Brophy |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote "If Australian Playhouse is to be worthy of its name, it needs to find more interesting one-act plays than "The Final Factor,"... Perhaps there was a beginning, a middle and an end but the sequence was unbalanced. The end did not justify the means. Action lacking Lacking any dramatic action visible on the screen —unless one counts telephone conversations—the whole piece consisted of a jumble of dialogue embracing engineering, big business and possible human disaster, and centring around the possible collapse of a bridge in the final stage of its construction. The deciding factor was apparently not so much human agency as the arrival of "cool southern change" some minutes before it was due. It was owing only to the acting of Peter O'Shaughnessy and, to a lesser degree, that of Richard Meikle, that a feeling of tension was built-up—to reach a complete anticlimax which no actor's skill could mitigate."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=A play without balance|first=Dorothy|last=Darlington|date=July 26, 1966 |page=9}}</ref> |
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote "If Australian Playhouse is to be worthy of its name, it needs to find more interesting one-act plays than "The Final Factor,"... Perhaps there was a beginning, a middle and an end but the sequence was unbalanced. The end did not justify the means. Action lacking Lacking any dramatic action visible on the screen —unless one counts telephone conversations—the whole piece consisted of a jumble of dialogue embracing engineering, big business and possible human disaster, and centring around the possible collapse of a bridge in the final stage of its construction. The deciding factor was apparently not so much human agency as the arrival of "cool southern change" some minutes before it was due. It was owing only to the acting of Peter O'Shaughnessy and, to a lesser degree, that of Richard Meikle, that a feeling of tension was built-up—to reach a complete anticlimax which no actor's skill could mitigate."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=A play without balance|first=Dorothy|last=Darlington|date=July 26, 1966 |page=9}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www-austlit-edu-au.austlit/page/7106399 The Final Factor] at [[AustLit]] |
*[https://www-austlit-edu-au.austlit/page/7106399 The Final Factor] at [[AustLit]] |
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[[Category:Australian television plays]] |
[[Category:Australian television plays]] |
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Revision as of 19:51, 3 July 2019
| "The Final Factor" | |
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| Australian Playhouse episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 14 |
| Teleplay by | John Warwick |
| Original air date | 25 July 1966[1] |
| Running time | 30 mins |
The Final Factor is a 1966 Australian television play by John Warwick. It was part of Australian Playhouse.
Plot
Many lives are at stake while giants of the engineering world struggle for supremacy.[2]
Cast
- Peter O'Shaugnessy
- Richard Meikle
- Noel Brophy
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "If Australian Playhouse is to be worthy of its name, it needs to find more interesting one-act plays than "The Final Factor,"... Perhaps there was a beginning, a middle and an end but the sequence was unbalanced. The end did not justify the means. Action lacking Lacking any dramatic action visible on the screen —unless one counts telephone conversations—the whole piece consisted of a jumble of dialogue embracing engineering, big business and possible human disaster, and centring around the possible collapse of a bridge in the final stage of its construction. The deciding factor was apparently not so much human agency as the arrival of "cool southern change" some minutes before it was due. It was owing only to the acting of Peter O'Shaughnessy and, to a lesser degree, that of Richard Meikle, that a feeling of tension was built-up—to reach a complete anticlimax which no actor's skill could mitigate."[3]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 1966. p. 12.
- ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, , no. 11, 529. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 July 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Darlington, Dorothy (26 July 1966). "A play without balance". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 9.
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