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The Skin of Our Teeth (1959 TV play)

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Directed by
  
Alan Burke

Release date
  
25 February 1959

Language
  
English

Running time
  
1h 30m

Distributed by
  
ABC

Country
  
Australia

Director
  
Alan Burke

Based on
  
play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

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The Skin of Our Teeth is a 1959 Australian TV play based on the play by Thorton Wilder. It starred John Ewart.

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Plot

The story of life on Earth as lived by Mr and Mrs Antrobus, and their two children - and their maid, Sabina.

Cast

  • John Ewart as Henry
  • Leonard Teale as Mr Antrobus
  • Aileen Britton
  • Beryl Marshall as Gladys
  • Robert Hunt as the fortune teller
  • Nick Tate
  • Production

    It was directed by Alan Burke who had directed a production of Skin of Our Teeth on stage in Canberra in 1953 and had spent a day talking to Wilder in the US at the latter's New Haven home. He considered the meeting with Wilder one of the most important of his life.

    "He is the most knowledgeable man I've ever met," said Burke. "He is a great humanist and has great faith in, mankind."

    Reception

    Burke said although the play had "tiny ratings... it represented the big break-through in the production of television plays."

    References

    The Skin of Our Teeth (1959 TV play) Wikipedia