Masterpiece Playhouse

Country

United States

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IMDb

How it feels

This is a TV series from 1950 that adapts classic stage plays. Each episode is a live one hour performance of a well known play by a writer like Ibsen or Shakespeare.

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What happens

Masterpiece Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired in summer 1950 on NBC from 9 to 10 p.m. Eastern time on Sundays. It consisted of seven live 60 minute adaptations of the plays Hedda Gabler (July 23, 1950), The Rivals (August 6, 1950), Richard III (July 30, 1950), Six Characters in Search of an Author (August 13, 1950), The Importance of Being Earnest (August 20, 1950), Uncle Vanya (September 3, 1950), and Othello (August 27, 1950). Its stars included Jessica Tandy, William Windom, Boris Karloff, Eva Gabor, Walter Abel, and Margaret Lindsay. The producer was Curtis Canfield. Among its directors were William Corrigan and Delbert Mann, later Oscar winner for directing the film Marty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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