Goodbye, Gloria, Hello! is a 1967 TV play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It ran for a little over an hour and aired on the ABC on 10 April 1967. It was written by Peter Kenna.

Plot

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, "a stuffed dog, a canary and a lodger come first in what loosely may be termed Gloria's affection." A hen pecked husband, Clive, decides there must be at least one way of getting rid of his wife, Gloria.

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Cast

Brigid Lenihan as Gloria

Joan MacArthur as Gloria's vengeful sister

Brian James as Clive

William Hodge as Hopgood the lodger

John Roddick

William Hodge

Reception

The Age called it "exciting... something to see."

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1964

The play had aired on the BBC in 1964 as Goodbye Gloria Goodbye. The Sunday Times said it was "not wholly successful, but... of a distinctive flavour"

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See also

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

References

External links

Complete script at National Archives of Australia

Australian television plays

Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming

English-language television shows

Australian live television shows

Black-and-white Australian television shows

1967 television plays