• Air date: 28 Oct '56 6 episodes
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  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. Born Yesterday

      28 Oct '56
      Adaptation of Kanin's Broadway comedy.
    • 2. Man and Superman

      25 Nov '56
      A 90-minute condensation of George Bernard Shaw's epic play.
    • 3. The Little Foxes

      16 Dec '56
      Adaptation of Hellmann's Broadway melodrama.
    • 4. The Lark

      10 Feb '57
      Adaptation of the Anouilh play, as adapted for Broadway by Lillian Hellmann.
    • 5. There Shall Be No Night

      17 Mar '57
    • 6. The Yeoman of the Guard

      10 Apr '57
      Adaptation of the Gilbert & Sullivan musical comedy.