Hollywood Television Theatre - Season 2

Season 2

Episodes

The Typists
Two pathetically ordinary people waste their lives in the office of a company offering typing services.

The Police
A black comedy about a country where all criminals have been rehabilitated.

Lemonade
Edith Northrup and Mabel Lamston pass the time drinking up the profits in glass after glass of their spiked lemonades. They talk about their children, their husbands, and their fantastic dreams, mixing the fabrications and truths of their lives.

Birdbath
Story about a struggling young writer working in a New York restaurant as a counterman and a co-worker in the same place who is a waitress.

Beginning to End
Irish theatre actor Jack MacGowran's celebrated readings from Samuel Beckett.

Enemies
The play deals with the interrelationship between two elderly Jewish men.

Neighbors
Arkady Leokum's study of the nature of prejudice centers around the encounter between a white couple, in an affluent neighborhood and the black couple to whom they are selling their house.

The Standwells: About Love
A theatrical family of puppets celebrate the subject of love in song, monolog and drama.

The Bread and Puppet Theatre
An exceptional experimental company consisting of both puppets (from 2 to 8 feet tall) and live actors.

Young Marrieds at Play
Two couples meet for an evening of Monopoly - and wrecked social amenities by truth telling.

The Picture
An unhappy rich old man who unsuccessfully tries to buy beauty by purchasing a painting from a young artist.

The Plot to Overthrow Christmas
The golden age of radio drama lives again in this re-creation of a studio broadcast ... about the Devil's plan to kill off Santa Claus.

Day of Absence
Satire about a slice of white society that crumbles when the black work force mysteriously disappears. ... With one exception (the reporter), the actors are blacks in white-face, members of the Negro Ensemble Company.

Chekhov Live from Hollywood
A marriage proposal is the story of two Russian landowners whose hot tempers almost ruin a love match.

The Scarecrow
Set in 17th-century Massachusetts, the play follows a witch's vengeful intrigue as she turns a scarecrow into a gentleman. His mission: to win the heart of a rival's fiancee.

Awake and Sing
The Bronx during the Depression: in this shabby setting, Odets presents a celebration of the human spirit, examining the frustrations and hopes of a Jewish family struggling to survive, and even live a little in the bargain.

Invitation to March
A socialite bride-to-be is aroused from her slumber of boredom by a beachcombing free spirit.
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