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Verna: USO Girl (1978)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Howard Da Silva, Sally Kellerman …
Directed by: Ronald F. Maxwell
Paul Gallico's filmed play explores the camaraderie between a USO girl named Verna (Sissy Spacek) and an American soldier (William Hurt) stationed in Belgium during World War II. This…
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Shakespeare Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet (1978)
Cast: John Gielgud, Rebecca Saire, Patrick Ryecart …
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff
John Gielgud, Rebecca Saire and Patrick Ryecart star in Shakespeare's tragedy about Romeo and Juliet, who fall madly in love and, due to a longstanding feud between their families, marry…
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Moby Dick (1978)
Cast: Jack Aranson
Directed by: Paul Stanley
In this 1978 staged version of author Herman Melville's masterwork, veteran thespian Jack Aranson shines as Capt. Ahab, the cursed whaling ship commander driven to madness by his…
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Broadway Theatre Archive: Freeman (1977)
Cast: Dick Anthony Williams, Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Ward …
Directed by: Lloyd Richards
In Phillip Hayes Dean's stage drama, optimistic Freeman Aquila (Dick Anthony Williams), the married 32-year-old black son of a foundry worker and nurse, sets his sights dangerously high…
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Broadway Theatre Archive: The Prince of Homburg (1977)
Cast: Frank Langella, Randy Danson
Directed by: Robert Kalfin, Kirk Browning
During an invasion by the Swedish army, the Prince of Homburg (Frank Langella), a 17th century Prussian nobleman, disobeys his military orders. Although his bold decision leads to the…
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The Time of Your Life (1976)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, William Saroyan …
Directed by: Kirk Browning
William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a 1939 San Francisco bar. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, they drift in and out of the bar and each…
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The Belle of Amherst (1976)
Cast: Julie Harris
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin
Julie Harris reprises her Tony Award-winning Broadway role as 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson in this one-woman interpretation of the great literary figure's life. Against the…
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Mound Builders (1976)
Cast: Brad Dourif, Tanya Berezin, Trish Hawkins …
Directed by: Ken Campbell
In this production of Lanford Wilson's Obie Award-winning play, Native American traditions conflict with modern society when archaeologists try to uncover the mysteries of ancient native…
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All Over (1976)
Cast: William Prince, Myra Carter, Hal Holbrook …
Directed by: John Desmond
As a famous man lies dying, his family -- including both his wife and his mistress -- gathers inside, while members of the media converge outside for news of his death in this…
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Broadway Theatre Archive: The Patriots (1976)
Cast: Robert Murch, Philip LeStrange, Ralph Clanton …
Directed by: Robert Strane, Bob Hankal
This absorbing 1976 production of dramatist Sidney Kingsley's historical play centers on the formative days of the United States and the disputes between founding fathers Thomas…
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Year of the Dragon (1975)
Cast: George Takei, Pat Suzuki
Directed by: Portman Paget, Russell Treyz
From the Broadway Theatre Archive's series of televised plays, this production of Frank Chin's play stars George Takei (of "Star Trek" fame). Chin's edgy story breaks down the…
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The Seagull (1975)
Cast: Frank Langella, Olympia Dukakis, Blythe Danner …
Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull" is brought to life in this acclaimed 1975 production directed by John Desmond. Seeking to reform the theater, Konstantin (Frank Langella) has written…
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A Moon for the Misbegotten (1975)
Cast: Jason Robards, Ed Flanders, Colleen Dewhurst …
Directed by: Jose Quintero
This production of Eugene O'Neill's semiautobiographical drama stars Jason Robards as a cynical alcoholic who, during an all-night conversation filled with remorse, confession and…
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Zalmen or the Madness of God (1975)
Cast: Robert Prosky, Dianne Wiest, Joseph Wiseman …
A stage production recorded for television, this play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely…
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King Lear (1974)
Cast: Ellen Holly, James Earl Jones, Lee Chamberlin …
Directed by: Edwin Sherin
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's…
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Monkey Monkey Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here? (1974)
Cast: Rosemary De Angelis, Jean De Baer
Five mothers sit anxiously in a hospital waiting room to reunite with their children, who have been participating in an experimental procedure for two months, in this unsettling Broadway…
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Broadway Theatre Archive: For the Use of the Hall (1974)
Cast: Susan Anspach, David Hedison, Barbara Barrie …
Directed by: Lee Grant
Filmed for television, this adaptation of Oliver Hailey's comedic stage play stars George Furth as Martin, a neurotic playwright who seeks refuge at his mother's (Aline MacMahon)…
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A Memory of Two Mondays (1974)
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Estelle Parsons, Dick Van Patten …
Workers in an auto parts warehouse struggle to make ends meet during the Depression in this film based on Arthur Miller's classic one-act play, which draws on Miller's own…
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A Touch of the Poet (1974)
Cast: Fritz Weaver, Nancy Marchand, Roberta Maxwell …
Nancy Marchand and Fritz Weaver star in this TV adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's acclaimed stage drama, the emotionally complex story of one Irish immigrant's experiences…
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Clarence Darrow (1974)
Cast: Henry Fonda
Directed by: John Houseman
David W. Rintels's acclaimed stage play, based on the biography by Irving Stone, springs to life in this one-man show that originally aired on network television, starring Oscar winner…
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Sty of the Blind Pig (1974)
Cast: Mary Alice, Maidie Norman, Richard Ward …
After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members of an African American family led by steely matriarch Weedy Warren (Maidie Norman) have…
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Steambath (1973)
Cast: Bill Bixby, Jose Perez, Valerie Perrine …
Bill Bixby stars in this small-screen adaptation of Bruce Jay Friedman's off-Broadway play by the same name, the story of a group of dearly departed souls who sweat it out in a steam…
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Awake and Sing! (1972)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Leo Fuchs, Felicia Farr …
The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of…
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Antigone (1972)
Cast: James Naughton, Fritz Weaver, Louis Zorich …
Directed by: Gerald Freedman
In this filmed stage production of Sophocles' play, Geneviève Bujold gives a riveting performance as the title character, a woman who defies King Creon (Fritz Weaver) -- her uncle…
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Hogan's Goat (1971)
Cast: Philip Bosco, Faye Dunaway, Rue McClanahan …
As Irish ward boss Matt Stanton (Robert Foxworth) tries to win the Brooklyn mayoralty from the ruthless Ned Quinn (George Rose), Stanton's wife, Kathleen (Faye Dunaway), worries the…