The Play of the Week, a drama series on channel 13 in New York during the '59 and '60 television seasons presented a series of filmed stage productions of plays by such writers as Anouilh, Sartre, Williams, O'Neill, Giraudoux, Lorca, Ibsen, Graham Greene, and Shaw. The unique feature of this series was that each play was presented for an entire week at the same time each evening. I saw Sartre's NO EXIT with Colleen Dewhurst at least five times and was able to enjoy an absorbing production of THE ICEMAN COMETH with Jason Robards several times. This series inspired my life-long professional interest in drama as a playwright and teacher.

Howard Pflanzer

Also some of the playwrights that Howard P mentioned are covered in Paul Pierog's "Search For The Important Plays On DVD's" about Modern Plays. Just click here to go to Paul P's article.