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  • American Playhouse The Skin of Our Teeth (Season 2, Episode 1)
  • TV Episode | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

American Playhouse

The Skin of Our Teeth (Season 2, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play about mankind's triumph over chaos, which wildly altered dramatic conventions in freely shifting between modern-day New Jersey and the ice age - the Antrobus family pets being dinosaurs...See moreProduction of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play about mankind's triumph over chaos, which wildly altered dramatic conventions in freely shifting between modern-day New Jersey and the ice age - the Antrobus family pets being dinosaurs; and having characters speaking directly to the audience and criticizing the way their own dialogue was written. Written by scgary66 See less
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Director
Writer
Producers
Thomas Hall | Craig Noel | Samuel Paul (as Sam Paul)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 18, 1983

Release date
Jan 18, 1983 (United States)

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23 cast members
Name Known for
Tom Lacy
Newsreel Announcer Newsreel Announcer   See fewer
Harold Gould
Mr. Antrobus Mr. Antrobus   See fewer
Jeffrey Combs
Henry Antrobus Henry Antrobus   See fewer
Sada Thompson
Mrs. Antrobus Mrs. Antrobus   See fewer
Monique Fowler
Gladys Antrobus Gladys Antrobus   See fewer
Blair Brown
Sabina Sabina   See fewer
Sean Sullivan
Dinosaur / Chair Pusher Dinosaur / Chair Pusher   See fewer
Michael Lueders
Mammoth / Lifeguard Mammoth / Lifeguard   See fewer
Gary Dontzig
Telegraph Boy / Conveener Telegraph Boy / Conveener   See fewer
Bill Geisslinger
Doctor / Broadcaster Doctor / Broadcaster   See fewer
Larry Drake
Homer / Conveener Homer / Conveener   See fewer
G. Wood
Moses / Conveener Moses / Conveener   See fewer
Bonnie Campbell-Britton
Miss T. Muse / Audio Person (as Bonnie-Campbell Britton) Miss T. Muse / Audio Person (as Bonnie-Campbell Britton)   See fewer
Renee Brooks
Miss M. Muse / Showgirl Miss M. Muse / Showgirl   See fewer
Diana Bellamy
Miss E. Muse / Ivy Miss E. Muse / Ivy   See fewer
Jonathan McMurtry
Mr. Fitzpatrick Mr. Fitzpatrick   See fewer
John Houseman
Network Newscaster Network Newscaster   See fewer
Susan Hegarty
Showgirl Showgirl   See fewer
Rosina Widdowson-Reynolds
Showgirl / Hester Showgirl / Hester   See fewer
Rue McClanahan
Fortune Teller Fortune Teller   See fewer
John Eames
Conveener / Fred Bailey Conveener / Fred Bailey   See fewer
James Coyle
Conveener Conveener   See fewer
Jeff Harry Woolf
Conveener Conveener   See fewer
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