Three by Tennessee

27th episode of the 11th season of Kraft Television Theatre
"Three by Tennessee"
Kraft Television Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 11
Episode 27
Directed bySidney Lumet
Written byTennessee Williams
Based onplays by Tennessee Williams
Original air dateApril 16, 1958 (1958-04-16)
Running time60 mins

Three by Tennessee is an episode of the television series Kraft Television Theatre that consisted of three one-act plays by Tennessee Williams:

  • Mooney's Kid Don't Cry with Ben Gazzara and Lee Grant
  • The Last of My Solid Gold Watches with Thomas Chalmers and Gene Saks
  • This Property is Condemned with Zina Bethune and Martin Huston

Reception

Variety called it "hardly worth the effort".[1]

The Montreal Star called it "an experiment not completely successful but wonderfully exciting all the same."[2]

The Chicago Reader wrote "all plays have been skilfully shortened and given the proper mood by director Sidney Lumet and are beautifully performed."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Kraft Television Theatre". Variety. 23 April 1958. p. 27.
  2. ^ "Williams trilogy bright experiment". The Montreal Star. 17 April 1958. p. 30.
  3. ^ "Preview of today's network TV". Chicago Tribune. 16 April 1958. p. 34.
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Works by Tennessee Williams
Plays
Novels
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1950)
  • Moise and the World of Reason (1975)
Short story
collections
  • Hard Candy: A Book of Stories (1954)
  • Three Players of a Summer Game and Other Stories (1960)
  • The Knightly Quest: a Novella and Four Short Stories (1966)
  • One Arm and Other Stories (1967)
  • Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed: a Book of Stories (1974)
Screenplays
Non-fictionPoetry
  • In the Winter of Cities (1956)
  • Androgyne, Mon Amour (1977)
Film Adaptations
TV Adaptations
  • Three by Tennessee (1958)
  • The Glass Menagerie (1966)
  • Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966)
  • The Glass Menagerie (1973)
  • The Migrants (1974)
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976)
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
  • Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
  • Orpheus Descending (1990)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)
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