Charley's Aunt (Playhouse 90)

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"Charley's Aunt"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 26
Directed by	Arthur Penn
Written by	Leslie Stevens
Based on	play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
Original air date	March 28, 1957 (1957-03-28)

"Charley's Aunt" was an American television play broadcast as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90 . ^[1]

Cast
Reception
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Cast

Art Carney as Lord Fancourt
Orson Bean as Jack Chesney
Richard Haydn as Stephen Spettigue
Tom Tryon as Charley Wyckham
Venetia Stevenson as Amy Spettigue
Jackie Coogan as Coach Sanderford
Melville Cooper as Brassett the Valet
Sue Randall as Kitty Verdun

Reception

The Daily News called it "hilarious claptrap".^[2]

References

↑ "The amuse mentor". The Ann Arbor News. March 27, 1957. p. 23.
↑ "Charley's Aunt is funny as ever on TV". Daily News. March 29, 1957. p. 72.

External links

Charley's Aunt at IMDb

v t e Playhouse 90
People	John Frankenheimer Martin Manulis Franklin J. Schaffner Rod Serling
Season 1	"Forbidden Area" "Requiem for a Heavyweight" "Sizeman and Son" "Rendezvous in Black" "The Country Husband" "The Big Slide" "Heritage of Anger" "Eloise" "Confession" "Made in Heaven" "Sincerely, Willis Wade" "The Family Nobody Wanted" "Massacre at Sand Creek" "Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses" "The Ninth Day" "So Soon to Die" "The Star Wagon" "The Greer Case" "The Miracle Worker" "The Comedian" "The Coat of White" "The Blackwell Story" "Invitation to a Gunfighter" "The Last Tycoon" "The Hostess with the Mostes'" "Charley's Aunt" "Clipper Ship" "If You Know Elizabeth" "Three Men on a Horse" "Four Women in Black" "Child of Trouble" "Homeward Borne" "Helen Morgan" "Winter Dreams" "Circle of the Day" "Without Incident" "Clash by Night" "Ain't No Time for Glory" "The Fabulous Irishman"
Season 2	"The Death of Manolete" "The Dark Side of the Earth" "Topaze" "A Sound of Different Drummers" "The Playroom" "Around the World in 90 Minutes" "The Mystery of Thirteen" "The Edge of Innocence" "The Clouded Image" "The Jet Propelled Couch" "The Troublemakers" "Panic Button" "Galvanized Yankee" "The Thundering Wave" "For I Have Loved Strangers" "The Lone Woman" "Reunion" "The Last Man" "The 80 Yard Run" "Before I Die" "The Gentleman From Seventh Avenue" "The Violent Heart" "No Time at All" "Point of No Return" "Portrait of a Murderer" "The Last Clear Chance" "The Male Animal" "The Right Hand Man" "Turn Left at Mount Everest" "The Dungeon" "Verdict of Three" "Rumors of Evening" "Not the Glory" "Nightmare at Ground Zero" "Bomber's Moon" "Natchez" "The Innocent Sleep" "A Town Has Turned to Dust" "The Great Gatsby" "A Bitter Heritage"
Season 3	"The Plot to Kill Stalin" "Days of Wine and Roses" "The Time of Your Life" "The Long March" "Shadows Tremble" "Word From a Sealed-Off Box" "Heart of Darkness" "Old Man" "The Return of Ansel Gibbs" "Free Weekend" "Seven Against the Wall" "The Nutcracker" "Face of a Hero" "The Wings of the Dove" "The Blue Men" "The Velvet Alley" "A Quiet Game of Cards" "Child of Our Time" "The Second Man" "The Raider" "The Dingaling Girl" "Made in Japan" "For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1" "For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2" "A Trip to Paradise" "In Lonely Expectation" "The Day Before Atlanta" "Judgment at Nuremberg" "A Corner of the Garden" "Dark December" "Diary of a Nurse" "A Marriage of Strangers" "Out of Dust" "The Rank and File" "The Killers of Mussolini" "Project Immortality" "Dark as the Night" "The Second Happiest Day"
Season 4	"Target for Three" "The Sounds of Eden" "Misalliance" "The Hidden Image" "The Grey Nurse Said Nothing" "The Tunnel" "The Silver Whistle" "A Dream of Treason" "To the Sound of Trumpets" "The Cruel Day" "Tomorrow" "The Hiding Place" "Alas, Babylon" "Journey to the Day" "The Shape of the River" "In the Presence of Mine Enemies"
Revivals	CBS Playhouse CBS Playhouse 90

v t e Films directed by Arthur Penn
Feature films	The Left Handed Gun (1958) The Miracle Worker (1962) Mickey One (1965) The Chase (1966) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Alice's Restaurant (1969) Little Big Man (1970) Visions of Eight (1973) Night Moves (1975) The Missouri Breaks (1976) Four Friends (1981) Target (1985) Dead of Winter (1987) Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
Television	The Girl with the Stop Watch (1953) Friday the 13th (1954) The King and Mrs. Candle (1954) Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1954) The King and Mrs. Candle (1955) Charley's Aunt (1957) Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957) Portrait of a Murderer (1958) Flesh and Blood (1968) The Portrait (1993) Inside (1996)

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Charley's Aunt (Playhouse 90)

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