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  • Playwright at Work (1961– )
  • TV Mini-series | 30 min | Talk-Show
Playwright at Work (1961– )
TV Mini-series | 30 min | Talk-Show

This was a weekly series of 10 half-hour programs produced in New York by the National Educational Television and Radio Center (the predecessor of PBS) in the spring and summer of 1961, each episode featuring a different young playwright ...See moreThis was a weekly series of 10 half-hour programs produced in New York by the National Educational Television and Radio Center (the predecessor of PBS) in the spring and summer of 1961, each episode featuring a different young playwright as its guest. It would gradually be released to different blocks of public TV affiliates around the US over the next two years, the first batch of broadcasts - including Boston, Chicago, Houston, Pittsburgh, San Francisco , New Orleans, and Durham, NC - taking place on November 8, 1961. The program was hosted by a young Frank Perry; each episode began with his brief interview of the guest playwright, an excerpt of whose work would then be staged in bare-bones fashion by a young director of the playwright's choosing, followed in the end by a conversation between all three. Written by David Speed See less
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Seasons
Director
Writers
Edward Albee (play excerpt) | Luigi Pirandello (play excerpt) | James Merrill (play, scene)
Producers
Yanna Kroyt Brandt (producer) | Frank Perry (producer)
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Updated Nov 8, 1961

Release date (First episode)
Nov 8, 1961 (United States)

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12 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Frank Perry
Self - Moderator / Self - Host Self - Moderator / Self - Host   See fewer
4
Shepperd Strudwick
Self - George Self - George   See fewer
1
1
Bramwell Fletcher
Self / Self - Bayon de Bergier Self / Self - Bayon de Bergier   See fewer
1
Peggy Feury
Self - Martha (as Peg Feury) Self - Martha (as Peg Feury)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Marie Andrews
Self / Self - Lucie de Bergier Self / Self - Lucie de Bergier   See fewer
1
Ira von Fürstenberg
Self - Goddess Aurora Self - Goddess Aurora   See fewer
1
Paul Roebling
Self - Frightened Young Man Self - Frightened Young Man   See fewer
1
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