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Playwrights '56
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20 Episodes
The Answer
E1
Episode 1
The Answer
A nuclear test in the Pacific results in the death of an angel. The philosophical questions regarding the angel's message are explored by an army general who witnesses and believes in the incident.
The Battler
E2
Episode 2
The Battler
Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Battler".
The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel
E3
Episode 3
The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel
A flashy, irresponsible widower tries to make ends meet running a seedy Florida hotel and raising his son. Problems arise when the boy's aunt and uncle want to take him away.
Snow Job
E4
Episode 4
Snow Job
The son of working class parents gets in trouble at school for fighting.
Daisy! Daisy!
E5
Episode 5
Daisy! Daisy!
A minor novelist becomes a literary sensation when he pretends that the flimsy story he wrote in one night as really the diary of a simple Australian girl's first love.
The Sound and the Fury
E6
Episode 6
The Sound and the Fury
A Southern family faces new challenges as their once successful stature as wealthy land and slave owners have disintegrated to the point that only the Black housekeeper is the solid foundation of the family.
The Waiting Place
E7
Episode 7
The Waiting Place
A girl fantasizes about a young gypsy boy.
The Day the Trains Stopped Running
E8
Episode 8
The Day the Trains Stopped Running
After fifty years of service to the railroad, Sam Rasher must come to grips with the fact that he is retired and that the railroad will go on without him.
Lost
E9
Episode 9
Lost
The true story of a man who disappears from his South Boston home shortly after recovering from a nervous breakdown and wanders the streets of New York City as an amnesiac for several days.
This Business of Murder
E10
Episode 10
This Business of Murder
A weekend trip among five businessmen is clouded by double dealing and mistrust. When one of the men is murdered, the extent of the deceit is revealed.
Return to Cassino
E11
Episode 11
Return to Cassino
While on vacation in Cassino, Italy, where he served in WW2, a man must confront the anger and hatred he still holds toward residents of the town.
Flight
E12
Episode 12
Flight
A woman, alienated from her parents, secretly marries a boy of whom they disapprove. The secret comes out, her husband deserts her, and she leaves her family to start a new life.
Adam and Evening
E13
Episode 13
Adam and Evening
Adam, a lonely, middle-aged widower is constantly made fun of by his fellow workers. Afraid to face people, he has withdrawn so much from society that his only friend is his pet cat.
The Undiscovered Country
E14
Episode 14
The Undiscovered Country
Wealthy and powerful Royce Thurmond refuses to face the consequences of his past actions after his daughter and foreman turn against him and leave.
You and Me and the Gatepost
E15
Episode 15
You and Me and the Gatepost
In this comedy of manners which spoofs the New York society crowd, a wealthy, aging socialite champions a play by an untalented but likable boy from Utah.
The Center of the Maze
E16
Episode 16
The Center of the Maze
A wealthy liberal is forced to confront the discrepancies between her political and domestic life when her daughter decides to marry the gardener and live on a farm.
You Sometimes Get Rich
E17
Episode 17
You Sometimes Get Rich
Sgt. Barney Bender learns the down side of riches and fame after winning big on the TV quiz show "The $74,000" Question.
Keyhole
E18
Episode 18
Keyhole
In this courtroom drama, a defense act allows the defendant to testify under oath at their own trial.
Nick and Letty
E19
Episode 19
Nick and Letty
A nurse stationed aboard a World War II Army Cargo ship teams up with a fellow officer who, like her, is a social outcast.
Honor
E20
Episode 20
Honor
A man must choose between honor and money, a choice he finds distasteful to make.
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