Fly by Night (TV play)

Fly By Night
Written by	J.C. Brown
Starring	Sophie Stewart
Production company	ABC
Distributed by	ABN 2 (Sydney)
Release dates	27 June 1962 (live, Sydney)
Running time	60 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

Fly By Night is a 1962 Australian TV play broadcast on the ABC. Written expressly for television, it starred Sophie Stewart who was also in The Little Woman.

Plot

In London, Miss Tyrell, an elderly vagrant, meets a middle aged suburban housewife and her husband in a dockside cafe. She prompts the husband to rebel against his life.

Cast

• Dorothy Dunkley as Miss Tyrell
• Sophie Stewart as suburban housewife
• Michael Duffield as her husband
• John Ewart as taxi driver
• Stewart Ginn
• Peter Morris

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "sensitive acting from a small but extremely competent cast triumphed... over rudimentary camera techniques to produce one of the most absorbing plays to appear on Channel 2 for a very long time.... Michael Dufficld's characterisation of the retired businessman, still haunted by youthful dreams of adventure, was a completely authentic... Dorothy Dunckley... gave an outstanding portrayal."

The Woman's Weekly called it "a most enjoyable TV surprise. The surprise was its standard - miles above the general standard of A.B.C. live plays in acting, production, and story. The story, described as a comedy with a difference, was not so darned comic. It was too real."

See also

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