Contributor
Schaefer, George, 1920-1997.
Imprint:New York, N. Y. : Mastervision, 2005.
Description2 videodiscs (225min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Based on the play by Thornton Wilder.
Note:Originally broadcast on television.
Note:The time is the early 20th century, in Grovers Corners, New Hampshire and centers on the Webb and Gibbs families, who live next door to each other. Emily Webb and George Gibbs are two young people who grow up, fall in love with gentle glances and sweet words, get married and are eventually separated by death. On the surface, there is all this nostalgia, but there are dark currents in Grovers Corners, little ironies and inconsistancies that are often commented on by the Stage Manager, and are embodied in the person of the town drunk, Simon Stimson.
Note : PerformerNBC Production (1997): Hal Holbrook, Ned Beaty, Allen Price, William Lanteau, Sada Thompson. PBS Production (1989): Spaulding Gray, James Rebhorn, Atticus Brady, John Griesemer, Frances Conroy.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
