Omnibus Plays of the Irish Renaissance (Season 5, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Drama, History, Music

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Omnibus

Plays of the Irish Renaissance (Season 5, Episode 7)

TV Episode | Drama, History, Music

Scenes from various plays are performed, including "The Plough and the Stars" and "Juno and the Paycock" by Sean O'Casey; "The Whiteheaded Boy" and "Is Life Worth Living?" by Lennox Robinson; "The Countess Cathleen" by William Butler Yeats...See moreScenes from various plays are performed, including "The Plough and the Stars" and "Juno and the Paycock" by Sean O'Casey; "The Whiteheaded Boy" and "Is Life Worth Living?" by Lennox Robinson; "The Countess Cathleen" by William Butler Yeats; "Shadow and Substance" by Paul Vincent Carroll; and "Dierdre of the Sorrows" by John Millington Synge. In addition, two new documentaries are screened: the one, ""The Era of Wonderful Nonsense," a short subject documenting the excesses of the 1920s, produced especially for this episode; the other, On the Bowery, a feature length film looking at New York's Skid Row, recently awarded first prize at the Venice Film Festival, from which roughly 20 minutes are excerpted. See less

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Director

Charles S. Dubin (segments: Plays of the Irish Renaissance)

Writers

Paul Vincent Carroll (play 'Shadow and Substance') (segments: Plays of the Irish Renaissance) | Sean O'Casey (plays 'Juno and the Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars') (segments: Plays of the Irish Renaissance) | Lennox Robinson (plays 'The Whiteheaded Boy' and 'Is Life Worth Living?') (segments: Plays of the Irish Renaissance) | John Millington Synge (play 'Deirdre of the Sorrows') (segments: Plays of the Irish Renaissance) | William Butler Yeats (play 'Countess Cathleen') (segments: Plays of the Irish Renaissance)

Producer

Robert Saudek

Editor

Arthur Rosenblum (segments: The Era of Wonderful Nonsense)

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Updated Nov 18, 1956

Release date

Nov 18, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 8 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
8 cast members

Name	Known for
Alistair Cooke Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Stingers (1998)
Siobhan McKenna (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Cavada Humphrey (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") See fewer	Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Frances Fuller (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") See fewer	Elmer and Elsie (1934)
James Neylin (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") See fewer	Pride and Prejudice (1952)
Tom Clancy (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") See fewer	Swashbuckler (1976)
Vincent Dowling (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (as Vince Dowling) (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (as Vince Dowling) See fewer	On Broadway (2007)
Farrell Pelly (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") (segment "Plays of the Irish Renaissance") See fewer	Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)