Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Campbell, Kenneth,
Freudenberger, Daniel,
Levin, Peter,
Streep, Meryl,
Lithgow, John, 1945-
Hurt, Mary Beth,
Venza, Jac,
Television adaptation of (work): Gillette, William, 1853-1937. Secret service.
Theater in America (Television program)
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| Other authors / contributors: | WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.
Phoenix Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.), production company.
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Originally broadcast as an episode on the television series "Theater in America" in 1977, a production of Thirteen/WNET. Original release date: January 12, 1977.
Executive producer, Jac Venza.
Phoenix Theatre, New York ; Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, Marybeth Hurt.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames and ending credits (Digital theatre plus website, viewed June 24, 2014).
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| Summary: | The Phoenix Theatre production of William Gillette's 1895 spy thriller, set in Richmond, Virginia in 1864. Tells the tale of a Union spy working to seize control of the Richmond telegraph office. Posing as a wounded Confederate captain named Thorne, the spy's false orders to a Confederate Army commander raise the suspicions of a southern agent, who uses a local girl in love with Thorne as his reluctant accomplice to set a trap.
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| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated.
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