Season 13

Season 13

1963-11-15
4 Episodes

Episodes

The Patriots

1. The Patriots

1963-11-15

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Adaptation of Kingsley's Broadway play. During the post-Revolutionary War period of the 1790s, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson clash over the precarious economic and military positions of the new republic.

A Cry of Angels

2. A Cry of Angels

1963-12-15

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The story of the writing of Handel's Messiah.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

3. Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1964-02-05

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Adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood. Dramatization of Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge and his relations with Mary Todd Lincoln.

Little Moon of Alban

4. Little Moon of Alban

1964-03-18

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A re-staging of the 1958 play, with Julie Harris reprising her role as an Irish religious nurse whose faith is tested by the deaths of her loved ones in the Irish rebellion.