"The Voice" is the 21st

television play A television play is a television programming genre which is a drama performance broadcast from a multi-camera television studio, usually live in the early days of television but later recorded to tape. This is in contrast to a television movi ...

episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series ''

Australian Playhouse ''Australian Playhouse'' was an Australian anthology TV series featuring the work of Australian writers. It ran for two series consisting of 40 episodes. Among the featured productions were works by Pat Flower who was the main writer havi ...

''. "The Voice" was written by

Kenneth Hayles Kenneth Hayles was a British writer who moved to Australia. Select Credits *'' The Last Appointment'' (1954) *''Companions in Crime'' (1954) *'' Track the Man Down'' (1955) *''Murder on Approval'' (1955) *''Stolen Assignment'' (1955) *''Secret V ...

and originally aired on

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on 5 September 1966.

Plot

Max Reagan is having an affair with Cathy, wife of his partner Don Garfield. It ends and eight years later Max returns to the Garfields with a gun demanding a debt be repaid.

Cast

Ed Devereaux Edward Sidney Devereaux (27 August 192517 December 2003), better known professionally as Ed Devereaux, was an Australian actor, director, and scriptwriter who lived in the United Kingdom for many years. He was best known for playing the part of ...

as Max Reagan *

Ron Haddrick Ronald Norman Haddrick (9 April 1929 – 11 February 2020) was an Australian actor, cricketer, narrator and presenter. In 2012, he received the Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for his long and distinguished career in media, spanning s ...

as Don Garfield *

Lyn James Lyn James (13 November 1929 – 31 May 2017), credited also as Marilyn James, was a Welsh-born actress of stage and screen and director, who became known for her career in England and later Australia, particularly as receptionist Helen Gordon in ...

as Cathy

References

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