title: Blind Balance
text: # Blind Balance
  
  "Blind Balance" is the 17th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "Blind Balance" was written by Monte Miller and originally aired on ABC on 8 August 1966.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The Blind Balance of Justice weighs out the lives and destinies of two young people, Shirleen and James, whose meeting has brought about personal tragedy.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Julie Costello
  * Allen Bickford
  * Brian James
  * Margaret Cruikshank
  * Lloyd Cunnington
  
  ## Reception
  
  The Sydney Morning Herald said it was "enjoyable... in a bitter kind of way."
  
  