Premise
An old lady, Miss Fraser, lives in a house. Developers want to evict her so they can knock the house over but she tells her neighbour Barney Lawson she will never leave.
She is visited at night by a young woman, Liz, who says she is fleeing her abusive husband Jimmy. Jimmy arrives and Miss Fraser takes pity on the couple.
Jimmy then pulls a knife, resulting in Miss Fraser and Liz leaving the house. Once Miss Fraser is out the front door, Jimmy and Liz reveal that while they are married they made up everything else in order to trick Miss Fraser out of the house for their employees, the developers.
Then the roof of the house collapses, killing Jimmy. Miss Fraser tells a distraught Liz that she can leave now - the house is protecting itself.
Cast
*Nancye Stewart as Miss Fraser *Tom Farley as Barney Lawson
* Juliana Allan as Liz Shaw
* Alister Smart as Jimmy Shaw
Production
Written by David Sale who was then a producer for The Mavis Bramston Show (their fourth producer) and went on to make Number 96.
I think Alan Burke directed it on 22 Feb 1966 according to Ausstage. It doesn't seem to have aired.
Burke told Graham Shirley "Prowler and The House were moderate, not
worth any discussion, half hour plays quite nice...They’re unimportant
little productions, they were nice and they were interesting. "
Technical producer - Bruce Valentine. Designer - Quentin Hole. Producer and director - Alan Burke.
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| The Age 14 April 1966 p 29 |
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