The Right Thing

The Right Thing is a 1963 comedy Australian television play. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot The adventures of a Sydney family. Clarrie and Vera Hamlin are holding an engagement party for their eldest daughter Elena when a handsome young Spanish man, J.G., comes into an encounter with them. Cast Lola Brooks as Elena Brigid Lenihan as Vera Hamlin Alastair Smart as JG Grant Taylor as Clarrie Hamlin David Yorston Noeline Brown as Shirley Production The play was written by Raymond Bowers, an Australian living in London. It was mapped out at a lunch early in 1963 between Bowers and director Ray Menmuir in London and was commissioned by Associated Rediffusion. It was directed by Memnuir who had recently returned to Australia after several years in London. It was hoped the play would be the first in a number of co productions between England and Australia.