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Another rare theatrical find on Amazon Prime
Posted by: Teacher64 08:44 pm EST 11/25/20

Every once in a while I come across a real gem on Amazon Prime. From 1959, a TV production of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" with the great Julie Harris as Nora, and a pre-Sound of Music Christopher Plummer as her husband. Oh, and a very young Richard (John Boy Walton) Thomas (he looks about 8) as one of Nora's children, mole and all!
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Stratford Fest. is currently streaming some of Mr. Plummer's work there on YT (free)
Posted by: pcot 05:31 pm EST 12/05/20
In reply to: Another rare theatrical find on Amazon Prime - Teacher64 08:44 pm EST 11/25/20

His Prospero in Tempest last week (linked), and next week in Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.

~pcot
Link Plummer's Prospero
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re: Another rare theatrical find on Amazon Prime
Posted by: AlanScott 10:17 pm EST 11/25/20
In reply to: Another rare theatrical find on Amazon Prime - Teacher64 08:44 pm EST 11/25/20

It's very good, although (as ryhog says) it's really too heavily cut but they only had 90 minutes. That's the problem with so many of those television productions that have incredible casts. There's a television production of The Heiress with Harris, Farley Granger and Barry Morse that was shown in an hour time slot. What was the point of even doing that?

It looks like amazon is showing the colorized version of this A Doll's House.
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re: Another rare theatrical find on Amazon Prime
Posted by: ryhog 09:34 pm EST 11/25/20
In reply to: Another rare theatrical find on Amazon Prime - Teacher64 08:44 pm EST 11/25/20

definitely worth watching for the great acting (you know you are onto something when the unmentioned actors have names like Cronyn, Robards, and Heckart!), the much-abbreviated script not so much. Dig on.
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But in Canada on Amazon Prime....
Posted by: Richard 07:54 am EST 11/26/20
In reply to: re: Another rare theatrical find on Amazon Prime - ryhog 09:34 pm EST 11/25/20

It looks like the only Doll's House available is the Joe Losey film starring Jane Fonda! Any other Canadians notice this?
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