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Breakdown (Australian Playhouse)

12th episode of the second season of ''Australian Playhouse''

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2024
Entity authorityQ65078280 ↗
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"Breakdown" is the 12th television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "Breakdown" was written by Michael Boddy and originally aired on ABC on 9 October 1967.

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The social machine breaks down — first in a late-night suburban train and second in an ancient lift. In both cases the man is faced with impenetrable and frightening problems.

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The public source identifies “Breakdown (Australian Playhouse)” as 12th episode of the second season of ''Australian Playhouse''. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Breakdown, Australian and Playhouse.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Breakdown, Australian and Playhouse providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Breakdown (Australian Playhouse)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.