Out on the Outskirts of Town

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"Out on the Outskirts of Town"
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre episode
Directed byFrank Corsaro
Written byWilliam Inge
Based on"Off the Main Road" by William Inge
Presented byBob Hope
Original air dateNovember 6, 1964 (1964-11-06)
Running time60 mins
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Out on the Outskirts of Town is a TV play by William Inge starring Anne Bancroft. It was Inge's last script for television.

Contents

It was based on an unproduced play by Inge from the 1950s "Off the Main Road". [1]

"It was quite an experience,” Inge recalled . “If a scene was muffed for some reason, there was no time for retakes. The scene was just dropped... character development is incomplete and the whole story structure is brutalized.” [2]

Premise

A woman, her mother, and her daughter check into a run-down resort to hide from her abusive husband, a washed-up professional baseball player.

Cast

Reception

The Daily News called it "an exciting theatrical experience." [3]

References

  1. ↑ Borak, Jeffrey (8 July 2015). "Found Inge play gets a world premiere in Williamstown". Berkshire Eagle.
  2. ↑ . Peter Bart, “Inventory by Inge,” New York Times, March 28, 1965, sec. 2, p. IL
  3. ↑ "What's on". Daily News. 7 November 1964. p. 11.
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