[1][2] "The Empty Day" was written by Pat Flower and produced by John Croyston[3] and originally aired on ABC on 12 September 1966 in Sydney and Melbourne,[4][5] and on 17 October 1966 in Brisbane.
Sixteen year old Jennifer, alone in her aunt's apartment, invites a strange man inside, believing him to be a friend of the family.
The Sydney Morning Herald said Goddard's performance had "intensity, freshness and vigour" and said she was "ably partnered" by Stanley Walsh but thought the script did not make it "clear whether he was an alcoholic, a sex maniac or merely a stupid twerp.
In the classics Point of Departure and Antigone, this young actress was challenged by the quality of the plays.
The challenge in The Empty Day was to lift a tautly-written but improbable play... into tense reality.