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World Television Theatre: The Typists; Birdbath

on BBC Two England

Tonight, in this short season of television drama from abroad, two one-act plays from America

'The Typists'
by Murray Schisgal
Starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson as The Typists
A touching comedy of the developing relationship between two people who seem destined to spend their lives as copy-typists.

'Birdbath'
by Leonard Melfi
Starring Patti Duke as Velma Sparrow, James Farentino as Frankie
A powerful psychological drama of a young poet's attempt to make contact with a lonely, frightened waitress in New York.

For KCET, Los Angeles

Contributors

Producer:
Lewis Freedman
Writer (The Typists):
Murray Schisgal
Director (The Typists):
Glenn Jordan
The Typists:
Eli Wallach
The Typists:
Anne Jackson
Writer (Birdbath):
Leonard Melfi
Director (Birdbath):
Lamont Johnson
Velma Sparrow:
Patti Duke
Frankie:
James Farentino

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