The Air-Conditioned Author Explained

"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

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

Cast

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

Reception

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

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

External links

• • • • Complete script at National Archives of Australia

Notes and References

1. News: TELEVISION Hindsight on 1966 viewing. . . 30 December 1966 . 29 July 2015 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: ABC's new drama series . . 1459 . New South Wales, Australia . 18 May 1966 . 18 February 2019 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: 11 . TV Guide . . 2 May 1966.
4. News: TV Guide. Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 1966. 11.
5. News: . 3 May 1966 . 16 . Fuss and Confusion .
6. News: . 7 May 1966. Television . Monitor . 23.