Great Performances
Season 1
January 28, 1971
5 episodes
All Episodes
E1
Guide
E1. Episode 1
Jan 28, 1971
E2
Guide
E2. Episode 2
Feb 4, 1971
E3
Guide
E3. Episode 3
Feb 25, 1971
E7
E7. Paradise Lost
160m
Feb 25, 1971
Paradise Lost is a drama by Clifford Odets that takes place during the Depression. The play was originally produced on Broadway by the Group Theatre in 1935. It was also filmed for television broadcast in 1971. The play takes place in an unnamed American city during the Depression: act one on Armistice Day in 1932, act two in March 1934, and act three in April 1935. Odets said of Paradise Lost that he'd hoped that after people see it, "they're going to be glad they're alive."
E18
Guide
E18. Hogan's Goat
Oct 18, 1971
A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with a just-deceased rich girl.