{{for|the subtitle used historically for STCSA|State Theatre Company of South Australia#History}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Anthology | creator = David Goddard | starring = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 40 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = David Goddard | runtime = 30 mins | company = | channel = [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1966|04}} | last_aired = {{End date|1967}} }} '''''Australian Playhouse''''' was an Australian anthology TV series featuring the work of Australian writers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105864298 |title=ABC-TV plays. |newspaper=[[Canberra Times|The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)]] |location=ACT |date=29 September 1965 |access-date=15 March 2015 |page=23 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It ran for two series consisting of 40 episodes. Among the featured productions were works by [[Pat Flower]] who was the main writer having written 10 episodes, other writers included [[Tony Morphett]], [[John Warwick]], [[Barbara Vernon (writer)|Barbara Vernon]], [[Richard Lane (writer)|Richard Lane]], [[James Davern]] and [[David Sale]]<ref>{{Citation | title=The bulletin | publication-date=1880 | publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-663168824 | access-date=23 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Harry|last=Robinson|title=A New Drama Series|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 April 1966|page=13}}</ref>
==Background== ===Development=== In August 1965 Talbot Duckmanton of the ABC announced that the ABC would increase its production of local drama, including a show called ''Australian Playhouse''. This would not necessary consist of Australian plays and be "of an experimental nature".<ref>{{cite news|date=19 August 1965|newspaper=The Age|page=25|title=ABC to Step Up Local Drama}}</ref>
The series was the idea of producer David Goddard, father of actress [[Liza Goddard|Liza]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19660310&id=NvJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1181,1793940&hl=en |title=Playhouse series could shift drama from doldrums|first=Agnes|last=Harrison|date=10 March 1966|page=14}}</ref> Goddard worked on the show for nine months before it aired. He says he knew of a TV station which claimed it was going to so a TV series and asked for scripts, then claimed the scripts were not of standard; Goddard says the station never put on staff, and actually had no intention of making the show. "It was making a political gesture by saying it was trying to do something. It is absolutely scandalous that this sort of thing should have been going on here. And this is where the idea has been built up that there are no writers in Australia. As we shall prove, this is absolute rubbish."<ref name="yes">{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|title=Yes there are writers in Australia|date =18 May 1966|page=8}}</ref>
Goddard said "There's a wealth of untouched and untapped gold in the Australian short story writer. The Australian is gifted with the ability to tell a story."<ref name="yes"/>
He said the show "will all be written by Australians and produced in Australia. And because they are written by Australians and aimed at television audiences primarily in Australia, they will reflect, comment on, or observe in a fictional way life in this country, as those writers see fit, know it, or have experienced it. In a word, it will be Australian drama."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|title=Yes there are writers in Australia|date =18 May 1966|page=9}}</ref>
===Season One=== In January 1966 Goddard announced that the ABC would make 39 episodes of 30 minutes each called ''Australian Playhouse''. They would do 14 weeks "in all moods", then 12 "equally Australian dramas on a central theme", then 13 more. This would be in addition to the ABC's monthly dramas, and a comedy series.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 January 1966|page=17|title=Big Show's Talking Point|first=Harry|last=Robinson}}</ref> (The comedy series would be ''Nice and Jucy'' and ''Marcellus Jones''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 February 1966|title=ABC Drops Yearly Serial Idea|page=23|newspaper=The Age}}</ref>
Series one ran from April 1966<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19660414&id=eBZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2421,2136553&hl=en Article on first show ''The Age'']</ref> to early November 1966.
In April 1966, [[Neil Hutchinson]] said, "Most of us have heard or read claims that Australia lacks good writers but I think you will agree this series disproves the claims."<ref name="harry">{{cite news|date=2 April 1966|first=Harry|last=Robinson|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=A New Drama Series|page=13}}</ref>
According to Frank Roberts of ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'', writing in May, the series "has to be viewed as a promising nursery".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=TELEVISION Helping hand|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-676666191|magazine=The Bulletin|page=49|date=7 May 1966|first=Frank|last=Roberts}}</ref>
It is estimated eight to nine productions were written and filmed but not broadcast due to concerns about quality.<ref>{{Citation | title=The bulletin | publication-date=1880 | publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-674384379 | access-date=23 March 2019 }}</ref>
In June 1966 ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' wrote the series demonstrated that there was a lack of creative talent in the country, particularly of writing.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=27 June 1966|page=11|title=Big Bad Telly|first=Harry|last=Robinson}}</ref>
At the end of 1966 the ''Age'' TV critic felt the majority of plays did not deserve to appear on air.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=19 November 1966|page=22|last=Monitor|title=End of a Useful Experiment}}</ref> Val Marshall of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', reviewing the season for the year, said "what came up didn't always justify the timeslot. Roughly 10 percent were excellent (with the biggest score of winners going to Pat Flower). Another 40 percent was fair average quality. The other half can be written off as good tries. Was the Playhouse series justified? In my view yes."<ref>{{cite news|first=Valda|last=Marshall|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 January 1967|page=52|title=Here's How I See the Passing Year}}</ref>
It won a 1967 [[Logie Award]] for Contribution to the Industry.<ref>[http://alldownunder.com/australian-logie/1967-tv-logie-awards.htm 1967 Logie Award Winners]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19670608&id=WNRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641,1309134&hl=en|title = The Age - Google News Archive Search}}</ref>
Goddard said, "We have plenty of scripts and the future of Playhouse appears good. If there were to be any changes for next year it would only be a change in the time spot - perhaps later in the evening. We have some brilliant plays but they are only suitable for adult viewing."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Week|title=Playhouse season ends|page=4|date=2 November 1966}}</ref>
In December 1966 the ABC reported it spent a million dollars on Australian drama since 1956. It said it produced 358 plays, 187 of which were written by Australians. ''Australian Playhouse'' cost a reported $55,000 for 37 plays.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|title=TV Notebook|page=15|date=7 December 1966}}</ref>
The season was later described as 50% drama, 25% comedy, 25% fantasy.<ref name="alex"/>
===Season 2=== The budget tripled for the second series.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ann|last=Gillison|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19670612&id=W9RYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4099,1980161&hl=en|date=12 June 1967|title=Drama is Discipline}}</ref> However it ran for a shorter time.
The series started on 12 June 1967 in Melbourne and then broadcast in Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and then New South Wales on 24 July. By June all the episodes had been filmed and work had started on the 1968 season. Pat Alexander, executive producer, said over 1,000 scripts had been submitted. "The result has been much better material," said Alexander.<ref name="alex">{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|date=June 1967|page=8|title=Australian Playhouse new series has "fresh faces, better plays"}}</ref>
Only two scripts were by writers from the previous season. Fifty percent of the plays were comedies, forty percent drama, and ten percent fantasy of experimental.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 June 1967|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120525133/?terms=%22australian%2Bplayhouse%22|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|first=Valda|last=Marshall|page=74|title=Here comes Batman}}</ref> (Another breakdown had it as 40% drama, 33% comedy, 27% comedy fantasy.<ref name="alex"/>)
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "an inconsistent thing but our own".<ref>{{cite news|first=Harry|last=Robinson|date=16 October 1967|title=Sanders Atonement for Our Sins|page=10}}</ref>
A Sunday issue of the same paper called the second series "the biggest flop" of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120406329/?terms=%22australian%2Bplayhouse%22|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|first=Valda|last=Marshall|date=31 December 1967|page=50|title=Debits and credits of 1967}}</ref>
==Episodes== ===Season 1=== {{Episode table |overall=5 |season=5 |title=17 |director=11 |writer=37 |airdate=10 |episodes={{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = [[The Pigeon (Australian Playhouse)|The Pigeon]] | DirectedBy = Eric Taylor | WrittenBy = Peter Finnane | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|04|18|df=y}} }}{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = [[The Tape Recorder]] | DirectedBy = [[Henri Safran]] | WrittenBy = [[Pat Flower]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|04|25|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = [[The Air-Conditioned Author]] | DirectedBy = Henri Safran | WrittenBy = [[Colin Free]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|05|2|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = [[The Prowler (Australian Playhouse)|The Prowler]] | DirectedBy = [[Alan Burke (director)|Alan Burke]] | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|05|9|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = [[No Dogs on Diamond Street]] | DirectedBy = [[Storry Walton]] | WrittenBy = Marion Ord | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|05|16|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = [[Wall to Wall (Australian Playhouse)|Wall to Wall]] | DirectedBy = Eric Taylor | WrittenBy = Anne Kinloch | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|05|23|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = [[Getting Along with the Government]] | DirectedBy = [[John Croyston]] | WrittenBy = Colin Free | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|05|30|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = [[What About Next Year]] | DirectedBy = [[Patrick Barton]] | WrittenBy = [[Richard Lane (writer)|Richard Lane]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|06|6|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = [[Antarctic Four]] | DirectedBy = Alan Burke | WrittenBy = [[Oriel Gray]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|06|13|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = [[The Monkey Cage]] | DirectedBy = Wilf Buckler | WrittenBy = Ruth Fenner | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|06|20|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = [[Anonymous (Australian Playhouse)|Anonymous]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = [[Pat Flower]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|06|27|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = [[The Parking Ticket]] | DirectedBy = Eric Taylor | WrittenBy = Max Colwell and Michael Wright | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|07|4|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = [[Should the Woman Pay]] | DirectedBy = Patrick Barton | WrittenBy = Monte Miller | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|07|11|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = [[Marleen (Australian Playhouse)|Marleen]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|07|18|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = [[The Final Factor]] | DirectedBy = [[Ken Hannam]] | WrittenBy = [[John Warwick]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|07|25|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = [[Done Away with It]] | DirectedBy = Henri Safran | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|08|1|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = [[Blind Balance]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Monte Miller | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|08|8|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = [[Haywire (Australian Playhouse)|Haywire]] | DirectedBy = Pat Alexander | WrittenBy = [[Creswick Jenkinson]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|08|15|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = [[Watch It (Australian Playhouse)|Watch It]] | DirectedBy = Storry Walton | WrittenBy = Richard Barry | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|08|22|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = [[Ticket to Nowhere]] | DirectedBy = Fred Maxian | WrittenBy = John Bragg | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|08|29|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = [[The Voice (Australian Playhouse)|The Voice]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = [[Kenneth Hayles]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|09|5|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = [[The Empty Day]] | DirectedBy = John Croyston | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|09|12|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = [[The Decision (Australian Playhouse)|The Decision]] | DirectedBy = [[Oscar Whitbread]] | WrittenBy = John Warwick | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|09|19|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = [[The Lace Counter]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|09|26|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = [[Objector (Australian Playhouse)|Objector]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = [[Tony Morphett]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|10|3|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = [[V.I.P.P.]] | DirectedBy = [[Brian Faull]] | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|10|10|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 27 | Title = [[Across the Bridge (Australian Playhouse)|Across the Bridge]] | DirectedBy = Pat Alexander | WrittenBy = Liane Keen | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|10|17|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 28 | Title = [[Easy Terms]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|10|24|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 29 | Title = [[A Small Wonder]] | DirectedBy = James Davern | WrittenBy = Jeff Underhill | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|10|31|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 30 | Title = [[The Paradise Shanty]] | DirectedBy = Patrick Barton | WrittenBy = Kevin McGrath | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1966|11|7|df=y}} }} }}
===Season 2=== {{Episode table |overall=5 |season=5 |title=17 |director=11 |writer=37 |airdate=10 |episodes={{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = [[A Touch of Gold]] | DirectedBy = [[John Croyston]] | WrittenBy = Gwenda Painter | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|07|22|df=y}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = [[Slow Poison (Australian Playhouse)|Slow Poison]] | DirectedBy = [[Oscar Whitbread]] | WrittenBy = Allan Trevor | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = [[Casualty (Australian Playhouse)|Casualty]] | DirectedBy = [[Storry Walton]] | WrittenBy = John Croyston | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = [[Keep It Clean (Australian Playhouse)|Keep It Clean]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = E.R. Thomas | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = [[The Attack (Australian Playhouse)|The Attack]] | DirectedBy = [[James Davern]] | WrittenBy = [[Kenneth Hayles]] | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = [[Enough to Make a Pair of Sailor's Trousers]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = [[Barbara Vernon (writer)|Barbara Vernon]] | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = [[The Brass Guitar]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = [[Oriel Gray]] | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = [[John Forrester Awaits the Light]] | DirectedBy = Eric Taylor | WrittenBy = [[Michael Boddy]] | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = [[The Heat's On (Australian Playhouse)|The Heat's On]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Pat Flower | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = [[On the Hop]] | DirectedBy = Pat Alexander | WrittenBy = Michael Laurence | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = [[All Fall Down (Australian Playhouse)|All Fall Down]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = [[Michael Boddy]] | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = [[Breakdown (Australian Playhouse)|Breakdown]] | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = Michael Boddy | OriginalAirDate = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = [[The Five Sided Triangle]] | DirectedBy = [[Brian Faull]] | WrittenBy = Brian Faull | OriginalAirDate = }} }}
* ''[[The End Product]]'' written by Colin Free was intended for this series but not filmed until 1974 as a stand-alone play.
==Episodes made but not broadcast== *''Shameless Hussies'' by [[Peter Kenna]] - about two teenage heiresses have problems with pink hairdos and blind dates - announced April 1966 as part of the first series but not broadcast<ref name="harry"/><ref>[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/106330 Shameless Hussies] at [[Ausstage]]</ref> *''The Widow Thrum'' by Peter Finnane who also wrote ''[[The Pigeon (Australian Playhouse)|The Pigeon]]'' - announced in April 1966<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19660414&id=eBZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2421,2136553&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|title=The Pigeon Opens TV Playhouse|date=14 April 1966|page=15}}</ref> *''[[Shadow on the Wall (TV play)|Shadow on the Wall]]'' - directed by Chris Muir - filmed in April 1967 not aired until 10 April 1968 *''[[The Stay at Home]]'' starred [[Sydney Conabere]], Frank Rich, [[Gerda Nicholson]]<ref name="across">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: A Stay at Home and Across the Bridge|access-date=9 August 2024|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-a-stay-at-home-and-across-the-bridge/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=2021}}</ref> *''[[Caught Napping]]'' with [[Peter Collingwood]], [[Ethel Lang (actress)|Ethel Lang]], Nancye Stewart *''The Black Infuriator'' by Alexander MacDonald with Terry McDermott, Elaine Plumb, John Godfrey *''The House'' by David Sale starring Tom Farley, Nancye Stewart, Juliana Allan, [[Alistair Smart]] *''[[Boy with Banner]]'' - announced in 1966 but seemingly not broadcast - it was directed by Christopher Muir and starred Patricia Kennedy, [[Norman Kaye]] and Julie Day<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=8 December 1966|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jGQQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3374%2C1483371|title=From Kelly to Kindergarten|page=32}}</ref><ref>[https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=13216385&isAv=Y Boy with Banner] at [[National Archives of Australia]]</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-television-plays-boy-with-banner-objector-and-watch-it/?fbclid=IwAR0OTtx-FMLFPi2Wpk58-tsnRoz_WET2AJdAgot7iLLqlymBeldzdCm8ZOE|date=29 August 2023|title=Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Boy with Banner, Objector and Watch It}}</ref> *''The Captain and the Cox'n'' by Kenneth Hailes
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C693159 ''Australian Playhouse''] at [[AustLit]]
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