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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1965
Page
5
A brief line invites readers to place a classified advertisement in the Times with a dial number 4075. The fragment signals upcoming listings and telephonic contact for placement.
Television critique notes The Sweet Sad Story of Fime and Me as a Canberra production with Ric Throssell and Henri Safran involvement. Cast includes Ron Haddrick Doreen Warburton Alexander Hay Lynette Curran Brian Hannan Barbara Major. Episode features strong satire and sharp social observation.
Viewers split on government duty to inform electorate as ABC and ATN-7 televise Vietnam debate coverage from Canberra. ABC footage showcases Monash stars and Paul Hasluck with Denis Warner. Seven Days airs a Vietnam war film and ANU teach-in highlights.
Piccadilly Swagman by Ray Lawler will have its European premiere at the Liverpool Playhouse on September 20 during Britain’s Commonwealth Arts Festival. The British cast includes an all domestic company with some Australian leads. The festival runs to October 2, featuring 1400 artists from 21 Commonwealth nations and events across London Cardiff Liverpool and Glasgow.
The Iris Murdoch J A Priestley comedy A Severed Head will run September 22 to 25 at Canberra Theatre. Robin Bailey, famed as Professor Higgins, produces the show for the Phillip Theatre Sydney. Bruce Scott of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust announced concession rates for trust members for A Severed Head and Canberra Repertory’s Romanoff and Juliet opening August 18 at Canberra Playhouse for ten days.
Critic reviews Jules de Goede’s Distant Horizons exhibition as a sequence of abstract works exploring reciprocity between converting a round world into flat patches and flattening patches into a deep horizon. The piece highlights Scorched Earth and Arid Land, praising economy of means and Whistlerian finesse. The writer notes de Goede’s departure for Europe and laments the cultural drift away from Australia’s artistic vitality.
A Wednesday night program led by W L Hoffmann failed to impress overall though the Russian section in the second half stood out. The Doll's Dances from Shostakovich, written for his daughter, offered the strongest moment alongside Prokofiev selections.
A Canberra concert review rounds on Serebryakov's fast final movement and a rushed Mephisto Waltz. It notes weak Allegro pacing, blurred octaves, and hopes for stronger execution in Pictures from an Exhibition for a true highlight.
A dense program listing shows daily lineup from 5.25 PM to 11.30 PM including Mickey Mouse Club and The Saint with Roger Moore. News, weather, various kids segments and drama features appear alongside educational broadcasts from SCHOOLS and CAPTURE.
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