Love and War is a 1967 Australian TV series.
It consists of six plays shot in ABC's Gore Hill studios. All of the self-contained episodes were produced by John Croyston, but not all of them were written by Australian script-writers.
Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw Date: 6 September 1967Producer: Patrick BartonIt aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 60 minutes.
The play had already been filmed by the ABC in 1963.
Cast Brian Hannan - Napoleon Bonaparte Anne Charleston - The Lady Dennis Miller - The Lieutenant Stanley Page - The Innkeeper
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance by John Arden Date: 13 September 1967Director: John CroystonIt aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 90 minutes.
Plot An anti-war fanatic falls victim to anarchy of his own making. In England at the end of the 19th century a small group of soldiers, led by the hardest man in the line, goes to a strike bound mining town in the north of England.
Cast Wynn Roberts as Sergeant Musgrave Sean Scully Richard Meikle Edward Hepple Michael Boddy Don Crosby as Plonko Neva Carr Glynn Alice Fraser Tom Oliver
O'Flaherty, VC by George Bernard Shaw Date: 20 September 1967It aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre and ran for 70 minutes.
Cast Edwin Hodgeman Kerry McGuire Moray Powell Audrey Teasdale
The Brass Butterfly by William Golding Date: 27 September 1967Director: John CroystonIt ran for 90 minutes.
Premise In Ancient Rome, an emperor reflects on his life.
Cast Peter Collingwood as Emperor Ron Graham Sue Condon Peter Rowley as Maximilus Mark Albiston as Postumus Alastair Duncan as Phanocles Diana Ferris as Euphresne
Intersection by Michael Boddy Date: 4 October 1967Director: John CroystonIt aired in Sydney as part of Wednesday Theatre, and ran for 65 minutes.
Plot A woman leaves a small town where she has a boyfriend and falls for a guitarist.
Cast Helen Morse John Gregg Robert McDarra Beryl Cheers Slim De Grey Frank Lloyd Ben Gabriel as Fred Kit Taylor as Matt
Reception The Sydney Morning Herald said: "The cast did what they could with it. Director John Croyston did what he could."
Construction by John Croyston Date: 11 October 1967Director: Storry Walton
Cast Ron Graham Moya O'Sullivan
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare See Romeo and Juliet (1967 film)
Cast Sean Scully as Romeo
References
External links Love and War at IMDb Love and War at AustLit Full script of Construction at National Archives of Australia