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Secret service
- Title
- Secret service [videorecording] / by William Gillette ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York ; produced by Ken Campbell ; directed by Daniel Freudenberger and Peter Levin.
- Publication
- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive, [2002]
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- The Phoenix Theatre production of William Gillette's 1895 spy thriller, set in Richmond, Virginia in 1864. Tells the tale of a Union spy working to seize control of the Richmond telegraph office. Posing as a wounded Confederate captain named Thorne, the spy's false orders to a Confederate Army commander raise the suspicions of a southern agent, who uses a local girl in love with Thorne as his reluctant accomplice to set a trap.
- Series Statement
- Theater in America
- Broadway theatre archive
- Uniform Title
- Theater in America (Television program)
- Broadway theatre archive.
- Subjects
- Gillette, William, 1853-1937 > Television adaptations
- Romances > Virginia > Richmond > Drama
- Spy films
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Secret service > Drama
- Television plays
- Richmond (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Feature films
- Television adaptations
- Genre/Form
- Television plays.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Feature films.
- Television adaptations.
- Spy films.
- Note
- Originally broadcast as an episode on the television series "Theater in America" in 1977 a production of Thirteen/WNET. Original theatrical Release Date: January 12, 1977.
- Credits (note)
- Executive producer, Jac Venza.
- Performer (note)
- Phoenix Theatre, New York: Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, Marybeth Hurt.
- Audience (note)
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- System Details (note)
- DVD; Digital video disc, Dolby Digital.
- DVD.
- Call Number
- NCOX 1921
- ISBN
- 0769796184
- LCCN
- 032031261891
- OCLC
- 50931778
- Title
- Secret service [videorecording] / by William Gillette ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York ; produced by Ken Campbell ; directed by Daniel Freudenberger and Peter Levin.
- Imprint
- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive, [2002]
- Series
- Theater in AmericaBroadway theatre archiveBroadway theatre archive.
- System Details
- DVD; Digital video disc, Dolby Digital.
- Performer
- Host, Hal Holbrook.
- Cast
- Phoenix Theatre, New York: Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, Marybeth Hurt.
- Credits
- Executive producer, Jac Venza.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- System Details
- DVD.
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- Added Author
- Campbell, Ken, producer.Freudenberger, Daniel, director.Levin, Peter, director.Holbrook, Hal, host.Streep, Meryl, actor.Lithgow, John, 1945- actor.Hurt, Mary Beth, actor.Venza, Jac, television producer.Gillette, William, 1853-1937. Secret Service.WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)Kultur International Films.Broadway Theatre Archive.Phoenix Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Theater in America (Television program)
- Other Standard Identifier
- 032031261891
- Publisher No.
- D2618 Kultur
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 1921