Barnstable is a 1963 Australian television play which had been performed on British TV.

Sandra Power was the barrell girl from In Melbourne Tonight making her acting debut.

William Sterling called it "a comic modern parable of serious intention.

In content, it reflects the thinking of many intellectual writers in Europe.

"[1] The TV critic for the Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "Blessed simplicity is the virtue of a parable, but in this production, strongly reminiscent in style of the first episode of a very dull science fiction serial, it was never clear whether the author... wanted an undercurrent of humour to his horror or an undercurrent of horror to his humour.