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The Golden Age Of Television: Criterion Collection
Eight classic productions from television's "golden age," the 1950s. These teleplays were performed live and featured the work of writers like Rod Serling, Paddy Chayefsky, and Ira Levin, directors like John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, and Ralph Nelson, and actors like Paul Newman, Julie Harris, Jack Palance, and Rod Steiger.
Classic films in focus: The Haunting
Shirley Jackson is best known today for her literature class standard, "The Lottery," but her 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House , is widely regarded as one of the best modern ghost stories; the 1963 film adaptation, called simply The Haunting , brings Jackson's eerie tale of fear and psychological collapse onto the big screen.
Susan Nest will portray 19th-century New England poet Emily Dickinson in the one-woman play 'The Belle of Amherst' at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in Room 102, Ghosh Science Center, Worcester State College.
Classic chiller for Friday Flix
BELFAST : With Halloween approaching, Belfast Free Library's series of Friday Flix in October offers classic tales of terror, each highlighted by great performances from some of cinema's finest actresses.
'Belle of Amherst' playwright pays...
The drama spilled out to the lobby Sunday evening after actress Jane Fellows' performance of "The Belle of Amherst" at Mt.
Continue reading "Angela Lansbury wins record-tying fifth Tony Award"
In rare form as the medium in " Blithe Spirit ," Angela Lansbury picked up her fifth Tony Award, winning the featured actress in a play race.
WHAT's silver anniversary--25 years on the edge in Wellfleet
Plays by Michael Frayn, Christopher Durang, Eugene Ionesco, and David Hare, special performances by Dar Williams, Helen Mirren as Phdra in a satellite broadcast direct from London's National Theater another world premiere children's show by Stephen Russell, a comedy review hosted by Dave Kennedy, and a lavish gala dinner party are just a few of the ...
Reserve now for 'The Belle Of Amherst'
The Edwin Booth resurfaces after a long hiatus to produce William Luce's one woman tour de force "The Belle Of Amherst." The play focuses on the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson, the oft misunderstood and reclusive Massachusetts poet.
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