Omnibus · SEASON 3
The Contrast
Episode 9 · 1954-12-12
- Talk
Episode overview
The program has four segments: (1) "The Contrast" (1787 comedy of manners), (2) (presentation of the historical background to this comedy), (3) "The Figurehead" (showing of a 1953 short puppet film about unrequited love), and (4) "Balloons" (featuring the history of hot-air ballooning).
Season 3 episodes
1. Treadmill to Oblivion1954-10-17
2. The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife1954-10-24
3. Young Man in Politics1954-10-31
4. Brewsie and Willie1954-11-07
5. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony1954-11-14
6. Antigone1954-11-21
7. The Virtuous Island1954-11-28
8. A Maine Lobsterman1954-12-05
9. The Contrast1954-12-12
10. The Second Shepherds' Play1954-12-19
11. The Merry Widow1954-12-26
12. The Trial of St. Joan1955-01-02
13. The Adams Family1955-01-09
14. H.M.S. Pinafore (I)1955-01-16
15. John Quincy Adams1955-01-23
16. Hamlet1955-01-30
17. Mr. Lincoln1955-02-06
18. The Turn of the Screw1955-02-13
19. The New World1955-02-20
20. The Life and Times of Henry Adams and Charles Francis Adams, Jr.1955-02-27
21. The Mighty Casey1955-03-06
22. A Different Drummer1955-03-13
23. Henry Adams1955-03-20
24. The Four Flags of the Confederacy1955-03-27
25. Iliad1955-04-03
26. Uncle Tom's Cabin1955-04-10
