A Breach in the Wall

"A Breach in the Wall"
	Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 21
Directed by	Gilchrist Calder
Teleplay by	Ray Lawler
Original air date	22 May 1968
Running time	70 mins[1]

A Breach in the Wall is a 1967 TV play by Ray Lawler. It aired for British TV and screened in Australia as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]

It is about the remains of Thomas a'Beckett being discovered behind a church wall.

Plot

In the near future, te parish church of the Kentish village of Valham is undergoing long-overdue restoration - restoration largely made possible by the fund-raising efforts of the able and radical young incumbent, Lewis Patterson. A walled-in chamber is discovered and within it is a coffin sealed with the crest of Becket.

Cast

Rosemary Leach
Barry Justice
John Phillips

Production

Lawler said "I don't pretend that this is necessarily how events would shape themselves if the situation arose. But I do believe that the historical significance of Thomas A'Beckct is contained in certain words from the play: 'A saint is somebody who spends his life on earth in bringing mankind nearer heaven, and his life hereafter bringing heaven nearer men'."[3]

gollark: They're real pictures taken from the *2001* film, of course. But the celestial body isn't real.

gollark: The pictures are obviously real, it's the moon which is fake.

gollark: If you go too far up you MAY crack the crystal sphere surrounding the world.

gollark: You still believe in the moon?

gollark: The margins of error aren't THAT narrow or the Earth would have burned up by now.

References

"WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 43 (12, 219). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 January 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
"BBC PLAY OF WEEK: Ray Lawler's scuccess". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 651). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 March 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Wednesday Theatre at IMDb
A Breach in the Wall at AustLit

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[1] "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 43 (12, 219). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 January 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] Vagg, Stephen (February 18, 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.

[3] "BBC PLAY OF WEEK: Ray Lawler's scuccess". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 651). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 March 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.