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47 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 6, 1959
An acting troup presents Old English ballads and poetry.
Episode 2
Sun, Sep 13, 1959
American songs that were inspired by natural events that became important news stories, such as the dust bowl drought, are performed.
Episode 3
Sun, Sep 20, 1959
Episode 4
Sun, Sep 27, 1959
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 4, 1959
A profile of American composer George Anthiel whose modernist compositions explored the sounds -musical, industrial and mechanical - of the 1920's.
Episode 6
Sun, Oct 11, 1959
German-American composer and pianist Lukas Foss is this week's guest and he demonstrates improvisation for semi-classical and classical music.
Episode 7
Sun, Oct 18, 1959
Program is devoted to United Nations Day, an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947.
Episode 8
Sun, Oct 25, 1959
A dramatization of a short story by Swedish authoress Sigrid Undset.
Episode 9
Sun, Nov 1, 1959
American author and photographer Eudora Welty's short story "Why I Live at the P.O." inspired by a photograph she had taken depicting a woman ironing in the back of a post office.
Episode 10
Sun, Nov 8, 1959
An investigation into the plight of the vanishing Eskimo tribe.
Episode 11
Sun, Nov 15, 1959
A drama based on the writings of Oscar Lewis' "A Culture of Poverty." set in a Mexican city slum, it illustrates the warmth and vitality of it's people.
Episode 12
Sun, Nov 22, 1959
Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy's little known poems are read by actors Sada Thompson. Peter Brandon and Ian Wolfe.
Episode 13
Sun, Nov 29, 1959
The second of two programs about Thomas Hardy.
Episode 15
Sun, Dec 13, 1959
This program dramatizes Polish political satires in excerpts from the following plays: "The Lion," "Kasia", "An Evening at Home in the Workers'Settlement", "Save the Hay for Winter", and "We Take Time Off for Heaven."
Episode 16
Tue, Dec 8, 1959
Camera Three presents excerpts from Daniel Lang's "From Hiroshima to the Moon" and a reading of Mr. Lang's poem "The Usual Cloud."
Episode 17
Sun, Dec 27, 1959
Two short stories by the Scottish author Saki (H.H. Munro) are interpreted in dramatic vignettes. In "The Toys of Peace," a group of well-meaning adults attempt to substitute peaceful toys for the warlike playthings used by their children. In "The Storyteller," a woman attempts to keep a child quiet by telling a traditional but uninteresting story.
Episode 18
Sun, Jan 3, 1960
Dancer Sophia Della performs the ancient Chinese exercise of Tai-Chi Chuan. The exercise which originated as a method of self defense, evolved into a system of psychological and intellectual, as well as physical, development. A narrator explains the meaning and purpose of the movements.
Episode 19
Sun, Jan 10, 1960
Maureen Stapleton reads the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Episode 20
Sun, Jan 17, 1960
Episode 21
Sun, Jan 24, 1960
The subject is early American Puritan clergyman, Cotton Mather with dramatic scenes based on Mather's diaries presented. Katherine Anne Porter joins host James Macandrew as guest and commentator
Episode 22
Sun, Jan 31, 1960
Scenes from the novelette "The Vagabond" by Collette are interpreted by Valerie Bettis in dramatic and dance sequences.
Episode 23
Sun, Feb 7, 1960
Salvatore Baccaloni appears in this comic opera, The Country Philosopher," adapted from "Il Filosofo di Campagna," by Carlo Goldoni and Baldassare Galuppi that has been translated into English.
Episode 24
Sun, Feb 14, 1960
Camera Three focuses on several groupings of the drawings by artist Saul Steinberg.
Episode 25
Sun, Feb 21, 1960
A penniless husband and wife try to obtain jobs as models - models of "the real thing".
Episode 26
Sun, Feb 28, 1960
The conflict between real and apparent moral values is the core of a dramatic adaptation from Samuel Butler's celebrated novel, "The Way of All Flesh.
Episode 27
Sun, Mar 6, 1960
Modern light verse is read by cartoonist Walt Kelly, author-critic Louis Kronenberg and others.
Episode 28
Sun, Mar 13, 1960
Rare Irish songs are performed by Helena Carroll, Liam Clancy, and Tom Makem all born in various counties of Ireland.
Episode 29
Sun, Mar 20, 1960
Architect Frederick Kiesler discusses his plan for getting people out of "boxes" and into exciting and beautiful homes.
Episode 30
Sun, Mar 27, 1960
"The Sickness of Sicily" is poverty, and these desperate men and women who have come for relief payments suffer from the sickness in this live drama.
Episode 31
Sun, Apr 3, 1960
Choreographer Donald McKayle joins dancers Jacqueline Walcott, Robert Powell, Sylvia Waters, Arthur Mitchell, Kathleen Stanford and Carmen de Lavallade in a performance of excerpts from his dance-drama "They Called Her Moses" about Harriet Tubman, the ex-slave who was the "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, leading many other slaves to freedom. The music includes singing of "Follow the Drinking Gourd", "Wade In the Water", "Let My People Go", "Been in the Storm So Long".
Episode 32
Sun, Apr 10, 1960
A legendary tale of India, interpreted in drama and dance. A warlike queen finds her ambitions weakened when she falls in love with her adversary, a handsome prince.
Episode 34
Sun, Apr 24, 1960
Host James Macandrew renders a tongue-in-cheek narration of humorist-cartoonist Milt Gross's book "He Done Her Wrong."
Episode 35
Sun, May 1, 1960
A comprehensive look at American folk arts.
Episode 36
Sun, May 8, 1960
The works of George Herbert, Robert Herrick and John Donne, three 17th-century English poets, are contrasted, with attention given to the conflict between "the spirit" and "the flesh." Although all three were clergymen, Herberts poems were somber and "metaphysical; Herrick's were graceful, worldly lyrics, and Donne's ranged from frank celebrations of earthly love to tortured expressions of the love of God.
Episode 37
Sun, May 15, 1960
A dramatic interpretation of Elizabeth Bowen's short story "Her Table Spread." A not-so-young heiress entertains her eccentric guests at a dinner party while anticipating the hopeful guest, who is her ideal lover.
Episode 38
Sun, May 22, 1960
Film critic Arthur Knight and host James Macandrew discuss the personality of the imaginative Swedish film director. Ingmar Bergman.
Episode 39
Sun, May 29, 1960
James Boswell, famed for his friendship with Samuel Johnson. Is shown in enactments of his meetings with other 18th-century literary figures.
Episode 40
Sun, Jun 5, 1960
Israeli mime Shai K. Ophir and actress Karla Most light- heartedly trace the history of organic life, from the fish to the organization man.
Episode 41
Sun, Jun 12, 1960
The problems of refugee seaman, who often find themselves stranded at sea with no legal means of coming ashore anywhere, are examined in drama and discussion.
Episode 42
Sun, Jun 19, 1960
Host James Macandrew uses examples of modern sculpture to discuss the contemporary development of the art.
Episode 43
Sun, Jun 26, 1960
Choreographer-dancer Yuriko performs her own work and demonstrates a dance in the process of being created. With dancers Buzz Miller, James Gardner, Bertram Ross, Ethel Winter; pianist Eugene Lester and singer Anita Ellis. Works include Yuriko's "The Fool's Tale" and a scene from Yuriko's "The Ghost" derived from kabuki theater. The score to "The Fool's Tale" was composed by Eugene Lester and the score to "The Ghost" was composed by Halim El-Dabh.
Episode 44
Sun, Jul 3, 1960
Episode 45
Sun, Jul 10, 1960
Episode 46
Sun, Jul 17, 1960
Episode 47
Sun, Jul 24, 1960
Episode 48
Sun, Aug 21, 1960
Poet, journalist and photographer, Pavel Chichokov, satirizes 19th Century Russian political corruption.
Episode 49
Sun, Aug 28, 1960
The problems of getting properly married in the aristocratic world of 19th Century England is the focus of dramatic excerpts from Jane Austen's novel "Emma".