AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: A WALK IN THE WOODS (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series. Adapted for television and taped live before an audience at Broadway's Booth Theater, this play explores the intimate, human side behind the international stage of political events. The play is based on an actual event at the 1982 Geneva conference between the world's superpowers: an American negotiator and a Soviet diplomat shocked the media by leaving the closely monitored conference table to take an amiable stroll in the woods. While trying unsuccessfully to forge an alliance between two nations, the American negotiator, John Honeyman (Waterston), and the Soviet diplomat, Andrey Botvinnik (Prosky), develop a mutual trust and respect for one another, establishing a friendship that endures beyond the unpredictable and tumultuous arena of political affairs. The program is followed by an interview with the playwright, Lee Blessing.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: May 10, 1989
- RUNNING TIME: 1:57:05
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:24389
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
- Sally Hechinger … Coordinating Producer
- Nondas Voll … Producer
- Kirk Browning … Director
- Lee Blessing … Writer
- Michael Roth … Music by
- Des McAnuff … Music by
- Sam Waterston … Cast, John Honeyman
- Robert Prosky … Cast, Andrey Botvinnik
- For "A Converstion with Lee Blessing":
- Nondas Voll … Producer
- Jay Whitsett … Director
- Faith Middleton … Interviewer
- Lee Blessing … Guest