title: Haywire (Australian Playhouse)
text: # Haywire (Australian Playhouse)
  
  "Haywire" is the 18th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "Haywire" was written by Creswick Jenkinson and directed by Pat Alexander and originally aired on ABC on 15 August 1966.
  
  ## Plot
  
  A young art student is followed home by Roscoe, a male model. She is scolded by her sister Joya who believes she can deal with Roscoe but gets trapped by him. She accidentally calls two uni students who are unsure if they are hearing a real call or a radio drama. They eventually decide to find the girl but have trouble locating her.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kit Taylor as uni student
  * John Krummel as uni student
  * Carolyn Keely as Joya, her elder sister
  * Lucia Duchenski as the art student
  * David Yorston as Roscoe
  
  ## Production
  
  It was filmed in Sydney, New South Wales
  
  ## Reception
  
  The Age called it "ranting melodrama, over obvious and with incident reduced to a minimum."
  
  