PLAY OF THE WEEK, THE: THE WORLD OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM (TV)

Details

• NETWORK: WNTA-TV (New York, NY) / PBS forerunner
• DATE: December 14, 1959 8:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 1:40:31
• COLOR/B&W: B&W
• CATALOG ID: T90:0065
• GENRE: Drama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Folk tales; Jews
• SERIES RUN: WNTA (Newark, NJ) - TV series, 1959-1961
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Henry T. Weinstein … Producer
• Lewis Freedman … Producer
• Richardson, Donald (See also: Richardson, Don) … Director
• Ed Waglin … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
• Arnold Perl … Writer, Adapted by
• Ellida Geyra … Choreographer
• Serge Hovey … Music by
• Robert de Cormier … Music by
• Sam Levene … Cast, Mendele the Bookseller
• For "A Tale of Chelm":
• Sholom Aleichem … Writer, Based on the story by
• Zero Mostel … Cast, the Teacher
• Morris Carnovsky … Cast, the Rabbi
• Lee Grant … Cast, the Vendor
• Nancy Walker … Cast, Rifkele
• Charlotte Rae … Cast, an Angel
• For "Bontche Schweig":
• I.L. Peretz … Writer, Based on the story by
• Zero Mostel … Cast, an Angel
• Morris Carnovsky … Cast, an Angel
• Lee Grant … Cast, the Defending Angel
• Jack Gilford … Cast, Bontche Schweig
• Henry Lascoe … Cast, Abraham
• Conrad Josephs … Cast, an Angel
• Frederick Rolf … Cast, the Prosecuting Angel
• Elsa Freed … Cast, an Angel
• Dora Weissman … Cast, an Angel
• For "The High School"
• Sholom Aleichem … Writer, Based on the story by
• Gertrude Berg … Cast, Hannah Katz
• Zero Mostel … Cast, Uncle Maxl
• Morris Carnovsky … Cast, Aaron Katz
• Charlotte Rae … Cast, Aunt Reba
• Henry Lascoe … Cast, the Principal
• Conrad Josephs … Cast, Moishe Katz