"Play of the Week" (1959) TV series 1959-1961

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

12 October 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres - dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al - utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Play

Cast

Myron McCormick	...	Larry Slade / ... (5 episodes, 1959-1961)
Cathleen Nesbitt	...	Lady Hurf (4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Kurt Kasznar	...	Peterbono / ... (3 episodes, 1959-1961)
Colleen Dewhurst	...	Mordeen Saul / ... (3 episodes, 1959-1961)
Leueen MacGrath	...	Cassandra (3 episodes, 1959-1961)
Larry Blyden	...	Hector / ... (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Donald Davis	...	Hector (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Ludwig Donath	...	Dr. Kreuzer / ... (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Eileen Heckart		(3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Diana Hyland		(3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Robert Redford	...	Don Parritt (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Kevin Coughlin		(3 episodes, 1960)
Walter Matthau	...	James Hyland (3 episodes, 1960)
Roland Winters	...	Piet Wetjoen (3 episodes, 1960)
Frank Conroy	...	Canon Matt Lavelle / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
Helen Hayes	...	Madame Ranevskaya (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Zero Mostel	...	Estragon (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
Donald Harron	...	Hugo (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Marian Seldes	...	Olga (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
John Abbott	...	Dr. Bonfant / ... (2 episodes, 1959)
Alvin Epstein	...	Lucky (2 episodes, 1961)
E.G. Marshall	...	Halvard Solness / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Earle Hyman	...	Hopkins (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Alfred Ryder		(2 episodes, 1959-1961)
Frances Sternhagen	...	Eva (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
Peter Falk	...	Mestizo (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Pauline Flanagan	...	Sarah Hearty (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Lee Grant	...	Avenging Angel (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Donald Madden	...	Victor (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Robert Morse	...	Gustave (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Frederick Rolf	...	Executioner (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Nancy Walker		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Morris Carnovsky	...	Aaron Katz / ... (2 episodes, 1959)
Warner Anderson	...	Col. Tom Russell / ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Orson Bean		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Dane Clark		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Marc Connelly	...	The Stage Manager (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Ruby Dee	...	Lila (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Betty Field	...	Hester (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Arthur Hill		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Kim Hunter		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Mike Kellin	...	Ajax (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Eva Le Gallienne		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
James MacArthur	...	Lieutenant Max Hartman / ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Carmen Mathews	...	Verena Talbo (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Alan Mixon	...	Lieutenant Jan Kephart / ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
James Patterson	...	Ragnar Brovik (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Anne Revere		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Peter Mark Richman	...	Joseph (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
William Shatner	...	Lewis Rohnen (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Shepperd Strudwick	...	Dr. Bruner (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Michael Tolan	...	Channon (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Jo Van Fleet		(2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Nancy Wickwire	...	The Wife (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Sorrell Booke	...	Hugo (2 episodes, 1960)
Julie Bovasso	...	Pearl (2 episodes, 1960)
Hilda Brawner	...	Margie (2 episodes, 1960)
James Broderick	...	Willie Oban (2 episodes, 1960)
Joan Copeland	...	Cora (2 episodes, 1960)
Harrison Dowd	...	Jimmy Tomorrow (2 episodes, 1960)
Evans Evans		(2 episodes, 1960)
Maxwell Glanville	...	Joe Mott (2 episodes, 1960)
Signe Hasso	...	Herda Sarclet (2 episodes, 1960)
Oskar Homolka	...	Mr. Casale (2 episodes, 1960)
Patrick Horgan	...	Paris / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
David Hurst	...	Poet propagandist (2 episodes, 1960)
Walter Klavun	...	Ed Mosher (2 episodes, 1960)
Carol Lawrence	...	Leah / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Robert Loggia	...	Gene (2 episodes, 1960)
Nancy Marchand		(2 episodes, 1960)
Siobhan McKenna	...	Dona Ana / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
James Mitchell	...	Ghost / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Jules Munshin	...	Tyrone T. Tattersall (2 episodes, 1960)
Frances Myers	...	Clementine / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Lois Nettleton	...	Abigail Sarclet / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Tom Pedi	...	Rocky (2 episodes, 1960)
Farrell Pelly	...	Harry Hope (2 episodes, 1960)
Ronald Radd	...	The Captain (2 episodes, 1960)
Jason Robards	...	Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman (2 episodes, 1960)
Milton Selzer	...	Mathmetician / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Michael Shille	...	Rabbi Samson (2 episodes, 1960)
Lois Smith	...	Aline / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Michael Strong	...	Chuck (2 episodes, 1960)
Arthur Treacher	...	Lawyer / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
Herb Voland	...	Moran (2 episodes, 1960)
Charles White	...	Pat (2 episodes, 1960)
J.D. Cannon		(2 episodes, 1961)
William Kerwin	...	John Custer (2 episodes, 1961)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Talent Associates

Quotes:

Narrator: The deed is done. The lover rushes from the place of assignation. Was it touch, or deep, thrusting consummation? The answer awaits, covered by the webbed hand of night. Yet, in this full-chested singing, surely there is triumph, exultation, mastery of she who nightly beckoned in pale mockery across space no longer endless?

Another interesting example of televised dramatic performances from the "golden age" of television.

I was able to see one production of this series (actually two of the productions for consecutive weeks) on the cable station of CUNY. It was the two part production of Eugene O'Neill's THE ICEMAN COMETH that starred Jason Robarts as Hickey and Myron McCormack as Larry (the old Anarchist). Robert Redford appeared in an early role as did Roland Winters (as the Boer General) and Herb Voland as one of the detectives in the last act. It was quite a good kine-scope of the production, and a rarity as there are few performances of Robarts in O'Neill plays (the only two television productions I can think of is the two man play HUGHIE he did in the late 1980s, and THE MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN with Colleen Dewhurst - as well as the film version of A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT with Hepburn, Richardson, and Stockwell). It seems to me that the productions were probably worth watching (they include Euripedes MEDEA, Anouith's THE WALTZ OF THE TORREADORS, and CHEKHOV's THE CHERRY ORCHARD. One wishes these gold mines of classic dramas would be released again (if they still exist). The one called THE WORLD OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM (with Jack Gilford , Zero Mostel, and Nancy Walker among others) was considered a classic in it's day.