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46 Episodes 1958 - 1959
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 7, 1958
A drama based on a short story by William Faulkner that is set in France at the end of World War I. Four Allied soldiers from different nations imprison a German soldier in a French cafe, discussing the war they struggle to find meaning with their future lives.
Episode 2
Sun, Sep 14, 1958
A drama set in Mississippi circa 1940. A government investigator travels to an isolated farm to arrest the two sons of a farmer who did not register for the draft.
Episode 3
Sun, Sep 21, 1958
Part one of a three-part dramatization of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel about a spiteful wretch who's plagued by despair and an acute sense of awareness .
Episode 4
Dramatization of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes from the Underground".
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 5, 1958
In the final part after being spurned by his old schoolmates at a party, the man goes to a tavern and encounters a prostitute.
Episode 6
Sun, Oct 12, 1958
American humorist, cartoonist, writer and journalist James Thurber is the subject of this episode.
Episode 7
Sun, Oct 19, 1958
John Keats' poems and letters are read in this episode.
Episode 9
Sun, Nov 2, 1958
A profile of Italian writer Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749 - 1838) an opera poet and librettist who collaborated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Episode 10
Sun, Nov 9, 1958
A dramatization of Mark Twain's short story, published in 1908, follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his decades long cosmic journey to Heaven.
Episode 11
Sun, Nov 16, 1958
A conversation with French film director Rene Clair is this week's episode.
Episode 12
Sun, Nov 23, 1958
Eminent architects present the seven "wonders" of American architecture.
Episode 15
Sun, Dec 14, 1958
Balzac's 1835 novel 'Le Pere Giroit' is dramatized, with an impoverished young aristocrat who comes to Paris and befriends Pere Giroit. The story presents a society driven by social ambition and a lust for wealth.
Episode 16
Sun, Dec 21, 1958
An examination of the literal, symbolic and philosophical aspects of winter as presented in the poetry of Robert Frost.
Episode 17
Sun, Dec 28, 1958
Episode 18
Sun, Jan 4, 1959
A show devoted to Samuel Chamberlain, an American soldier, painter and author, who illustrated the landscapes and battle scenes depicting the Mexican-American War (1846).
Episode 19
Sun, Jan 11, 1959
Shoshana Damari, an Israeli folk singer, sings songs in Hebrew.
Episode 20
Sun, Jan 18, 1959
A witty dramatization about the humorous and serious jabs many famous writers have made to influence their sons.
Episode 21
Sun, Jan 25, 1959
Jazz dances are performed by Leon James and Al Minns, including variations of the Charleston; the Lindy Hop; Boogie Woogie; and the Apple Jack. Jazz historian Marshall Stearns provides the commentary.
Episode 22
Sun, Feb 1, 1959
Episode 23
Sun, Feb 8, 1959
Poet-writer-critic Mark Van Doren is interviewed about his play "The Last Days of Lincoln" about the former US president Abraham Lincoln.
Episode 24
Sun, Feb 15, 1959
Mildred Dunnock and four other actors read selections of poetry by Robert Frost.
Episode 25
Sun, Feb 22, 1959
Episode 26
Sun, Mar 1, 1959
Episode 27
Sun, Mar 8, 1959
American harmonica player Larry Adler known for playing major works performs with pianist Ellis Larkins. He plays an original composition as well as Bach, Mozart, Gershwin and W.C. Handy.
Episode 28
Sun, Mar 15, 1959
Episode 29
Sun, Mar 22, 1959
Devoted to the poetry of A.E. Housman. Three actors including Geoffrey Horne read some poems from Housman's volume "A Shropshire Lad".
Episode 31
Sun, Apr 5, 1959
Who is Bartleby, and why is he so obdurate, even when his job, his future, his very life, might be at stake?
Episode 32
Sun, Apr 12, 1959
Episode 33
Sun, Apr 19, 1959
Alan Arkin, Nancy Ponder and Jerry Stiller perform in parodies of the popular arts in America.
Episode 34
Sun, Apr 26, 1959
Episode 35
Sun, May 3, 1959
Artist, illustrator an cartoonist Marc Simont discusses the relationship between the text of a book and its illustrations.
Episode 36
Sun, May 10, 1959
Episode 37
Sun, May 17, 195960 mins
Episode 38
Sun, May 24, 1959
A short dramatization of a scene from Forster's "The Longest Journey" and a filmed monologue by the 80-year-old novelist himself.
Episode 39
Sun, May 31, 1959
Episode 40
Sun, Jun 7, 1959
Episode 41
Sun, Jun 14, 1959
Folk song and dance are blended in an interpretation of American work songs.
Episode 42
Sun, Jun 21, 1959
Episode 43
Sun, Jun 28, 1959
Episode 44
Sun, Jul 12, 1959
Composer Morton Gould and his performing guests, Robert Rudie (violin) and Claude Frank (piano), display how creative a musical instrumentalist can be without violating the spirit of the composer's score.
Episode 45
Sun, Jul 19, 1959
Director Harold Clurman and actress Mildred Dunnock view and critique four actors who perform scenes from two plays; August Strindberg's "Miss Julie" and Anton Chekhov's "The Sea Gull."
Episode 46
Sun, Jul 26, 1959
Reading of several poems written about the eagle, the tiger and the fly.
Episode 47
Sun, Aug 2, 1959
The piano team of Vera Brodsky and Harold Triggs perform Bach, Debussy, Chopin and Triggs himself after an informative comment by James Macandrew on the history of 2-piano music.
Episode 48
Sun, Aug 9, 1959
Episode 49
Sun, Aug 16, 1959
Episode 51
Sun, Aug 30, 1959