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Masterpiece Playhouse was an American dramatic anthology series that aired in summer 1950 on NBC. It was summer replacement for The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse.
Original Release
07/23/1950
US Release
07/23/1950
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Margaret Phillips | Thea Elvsted |
| Walter Abel | George Tesman |
| Torin Thatcher | Othello |
| Jessica Tandy | Hedda |
| William Windom | King Richard III |
| Kent Smith | Judge Brack |
| Richard Hart | Eilert Lovborg |
| Margaret Lindsay | (scenes deleted) |
| Paula Trueman | (as Paula Truman) |
| Olive Deering | Desdemona |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hedda Gabler | Sunday, 23 July 1950 |
| 2 | Richard III | Sunday, 30 July 1950 |
| 3 | The Rivals | Sunday, 06 August 1950 |
| 4 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Sunday, 13 August 1950 |
| 5 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Sunday, 20 August 1950 |
| 6 | Othello | Sunday, 27 August 1950 |
| 7 | Uncle Vanya | Sunday, 03 September 1950 |
Directors
William Corrigan, Delbert Mann, Gordon Duff, Albert McCleery, Charles Polachek
Writers
William Shakespeare, Hugh Kemp, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Kinoy, Henrik Ibsen, Stephen de Baun, Ethel Frank, Richard B. Sheridan, H. Philip Minis
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Margaret Phillips | Thea Elvsted |
| Walter Abel | George Tesman |
| Torin Thatcher | Othello |
| Jessica Tandy | Hedda |
| William Windom | King Richard III |
| Kent Smith | Judge Brack |
| Richard Hart | Eilert Lovborg |
| Margaret Lindsay | (scenes deleted) |
| Paula Trueman | (as Paula Truman) |
| Olive Deering | Desdemona |
| Alfred Ryder | Iago |
| Don Stewart | (as Don Stuart) |
| Douglass Watson | (as Douglas Watson) |
| Larry Kerr | (as Lorence Kerr) |
| Edward Cullen | (as Edward F. Cullen) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Fred Coe | Producer |
| Albert McCleery | Producer |
| Caroline Burke | Producer |
