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AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: CHARLEY'S AUNT (TV)

Summary

One in this dramatic anthology series. This program is an adaptation of Brandon Thomas's 1890 comedy about two Yale students who devise a means of getting acquainted with their sweethearts: they convince a fellow student to impersonate an aunt from Brazil to act as chaperone during their meeting with the girls.

Details

  • NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
  • DATE: May 11, 1987 Monday 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:40:47
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T:21395
  • GENRE: Comedy; Drama
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Drama
  • SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
  • Herb Rogers … Executive Producer
  • Roger L. Downey … Coordinating Producer
  • Richard Carothers … Producer
  • Dennis D. Hennessy … Producer
  • Katharine Reilly … Associate Producer
  • William Asher … Director
  • Brandon Thomas … Based on the play by
  • Ron Friedman … Adapted by
  • Shelly Markham … Music by
  • Charles Grodin … Cast, Lord Fancourt Babberly
  • Vincent Gardenia … Cast, Stephen Spettigue
  • Anne Francis … Cast, Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
  • Joyce Bulifant … Cast, Ela Delahay
  • Barrie Ingham … Cast, Brasset the Valet
  • Efrem Zimbalist … Cast, Colonel Chesney
  • Ilene Graff … Cast, Kitty Verdun
  • James Widdoes … Cast, Charley Wyckham
  • Marya Small … Cast, Amy Spettigue
  • Victor Garber … Cast, Jack Chesney
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