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Seasons: 2 1 Years: 1950 1949 1948
Produced by the ABC as its television network was just getting off the ground, this program was one of the first dramatic series television to attract top-name actors and actresses. Performing plays by such authors as Poe and Thurber, cast... See more »
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win.
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  Self - Host (31 episodes, 1949-1950)
George Keane ...
  Prince Albert (8 episodes, 1948-1950)
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  The Elevator Boy (8 episodes, 1948-1950)
Nancy Franklin
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Elliott Sullivan
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John Sylvester ...
  Dismas (5 episodes, 1949)
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Ann Shepherd ...
  Mae / ... (4 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Lady (4 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Soldier (4 episodes, 1949-1950)
  (3 episodes, 1948-1949)
Ruth Matteson
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Robert Pastene ...
  Narrator / ... (3 episodes, 1949-1950)
  (3 episodes, 1948-1949)
Jane Hoffman ...
  Princess Beatrix (3 episodes, 1948-1950)
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  Chick (3 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Princess Alexandra (3 episodes, 1950)
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  (2 episodes, 1948-1949)
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  Mike (2 episodes, 1949)
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  Mary (2 episodes, 1949)
Joshua Shelley
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  (2 episodes, 1950)
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  Mr. Abrams (2 episodes, 1948-1949)
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  (2 episodes, 1949-1950)
Mary McLeod
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Frances Ingalls
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  Leah (2 episodes, 1949)
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  Father Hyacinth (2 episodes, 1950)

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Produced by the ABC as its television network was just getting off the ground, this program was one of the first dramatic series television to attract top-name actors and actresses. Performing plays by such authors as Poe and Thurber, cast members included current well-known performers like Julie Harris and Cloris Leachman, as well as up-and-coming talents like Marlon Brando. The series was renamed "The Play's the Thing" midway through its final season. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

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  • The Play's the Thing (United States)
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  • 30 min
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Trivia Marlon Brando made his first television appearance in "I'm No Hero" on January 9, 1949. His next television appearance was in 1979. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Marlon Brando (2011). See more »
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