Double Yolk

Double Yolk is a 1963 Australian television play. It adapts two short plays, "By Accident" and "With Intent".[3][4]

Double Yolk
Directed byPatrick Barton
Written byHugh Williams
Margaret Williams
Production
company
ABC
Release date
May 15, 1963 (Melbourne)[1]
26 June 1963[2]
Running time
60 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

"By Accident" is about an air force pilot about to be promoted to squadron leader whose wife worries he will be killed in action, as her father was.

"With Intent" is about an invalid woman (Betty Berrell) was a nurse (Joan Letch). The woman receives a letter from her husband (Keith Eden) which was intended for another woman.

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

Cast
Actor/Actress Role
Elspeth Ballantyne Jane
Keith Eden Colin
Betty Berrell Helen
Dorothy Bradley Ann
Edward Howell Doctor
Joan Letch Miss Bennett
Fredrick Parson Bill
Leslie Wright Jim
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References
  1. "Authors Doubled Yolked". The Age. 9 May 1963. p. 10.
  2. "THIS WEEK ON ABC3". The Canberra Times. 37 (10, 570). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 June 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "No title". The Canberra Times. 37 (10, 570). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 June 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Two Plays In One Feature". The Canberra Times. 37 (10, 572). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 June 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.


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