Play of the Week ratings (TV show, 1959-1961)
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Rank
11,066 / 30,991
Trend
0
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Seasons
2
Episodes
12
Total votes
373
Average votes
31
Average rating
7.3 / 10
This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
Directors: Alan Schneider , Alexander Knox , Arthur Zigouras , Boris Sagal , Carmen Capalbo , Curt Conway , Daniel Petrie , Dennis Vance , Don Richardson , Frank Corsaro , Harold Clurman , Harvey Hart , Henry Kaplan , Jack Ragotzy , John Stix , José Quintero , Joshua Shelley , Karl Genus , Kirk Browning , Lamont Johnson , Leo Orenstein , Lewis Freedman , Marc Daniels , Nikos Psacharopoulos , Paul Almond , Paul Bogart , Paul Shyre , Ralph Nelson , Richard Dunlap , Sidney Lumet , Silvio Narizzano , Stuart Burge , Wes Kenney , William A. Graham , Word Baker , Worthington Miner
Writers: Akira Kurosawa , Alexander Knox , Anton Chekhov , Arch Oboler , Arthur Laurents , August Strindberg , Ben Jonson , Bob Rafelson , Christopher Fry , David Martin , Denis Cannan , Don Appell , Don Marquis , Edmund Morris , Elmer Rice , Émile Zola , Emlyn Williams , Ernest Pendrell , Eugene O'Neill , Eva Le Gallienne , Fay Kanin , Federico García Lorca , Frank Corsaro , Friedrich Schiller , George Bernard Shaw , George Tabori , Graham Greene , Harvey Schmidt , Henrik Ibsen , Howard Teichmann , I.L. Peretz , Ivan Turgenev , James Forsyth , Jean Anouilh , Jean Cocteau , Jean Giraudoux , Jean-Paul Sartre , Joe Darion , John Mortimer , John Steinbeck , Joseph Liss , Julian Funt , Kathleen Boutall , Kitty Black , Langston Hughes , Leonard Sillman , Leonid Andreyev , Lucienne Hill , Mary Hayley Bell , Maurice Valency , Maxwell Anderson , Meade Roberts , Mel Brooks , Michael Kanin , Morton Wishengrad , Moss Hart , Paul Bowles , Paul Osborn , Paul Vincent Carroll , Philip Barry , Pierre Bost , Reginald Rose , Robert Alan Aurthur , Robert Anderson , Robinson Jeffers , Rosemary Casey , Ryûnosuke Akutagawa , S. Ansky , Samuel Beckett , Sean O'Casey , Shinobu Hashimoto , Sholom Aleichem , Stefan Zweig , Tennessee Williams , Thomas Job , Tom Jones , Tom Whedon , Truman Capote , W.O. Somin , William A. Graham , William Fairchild , William Saroyan , William Shakespeare
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