The Air-Conditioned Author

3rd episode of the 1st season of Australian Playhouse

"The Air-Conditioned Author"

Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.| Season 1
Episode 3
Directed by| Henri Safran
Teleplay by| Colin Free
Original air date| 2 May 1966 (1966-05-2)
Running time| 30 mins
Guest appearances

* Richard Meikle
* Eric Reiman
* Moya O'Sullivan

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"The Air Conditioned Author" is the third television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1][2] "The Air Conditioned Author" was written by Colin Free and directed by Henri Safran and originally aired on ABC on 2 May 1966.[3]

## Plot

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A novelist, Nicholas Lovatt, becomes disillusioned when his publisher urges him to turn out stereotyped novels.[4]

## Cast

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* Richard Meikle as Nicholas Lovatt
* Eric Reiman
* Willie Fennell
* Tony Ingersent
* Sue Walker

## Reception

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The Sydney Morning Herald called it "a comedy that missed because it lacked deft shaping".[5]

The Age called it "shapeless, disconnected and bumpy".[6]

## See also

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* List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)

## References

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1. ^ "TELEVISION Hindsight on 1966 viewing". The Canberra Times. 30 December 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 29 July 2015 - via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ "ABC's new drama series". Tribune. No. 1459\. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2019 - via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 1966. p. 11.
4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 1966. p. 11.
5. ^ "Fuss and Confusion". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 May 1966. p. 16.
6. ^ Monitor (7 May 1966). "Television". The Age. p. 23.

## External links

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* "The Air-Conditioned Author" at AusStage
* "The Air-Conditioned Author" at AustLit
* "The Air-Conditioned Author" at IMDb
* Complete script at National Archives of Australia

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Films and TV directed by Henri Safran

TV plays|

* Traveller Without Luggage (1961)
* Jenny (1962)
* The Criminals (1962)
* Concord of Sweet Sounds (1963)
* A Local Boy (1964)
* A Sound of Trumpets (1964)
* Rape of the Belt (1964)
* A Season in Hell (1964)
* A Private Island (1964)
* The Swagman (1965)
* The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me (1965)
* Tartuffe (1965)
* The Tape Recorder (1965)
* Write Me a Murder (1965)
* Point of Departure (1966)
* The Air-Conditioned Author (1966)
* Done Away with It (1966)
* The Rogue Stallion (1990)

Feature Films|

* Storm Boy (1976)
* Listen to the Lion (1977)
* Norman Loves Rose (1982)
* Bush Christmas (1983)
* The Wild Duck (1984)
* The Edge of Power (1987)

Miniseries|

* Golden Soak (1979)
* A Fortunate Life (1985)
* Flair (1990)
* The Lancaster Miller Affair (1990)

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