SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Television sitcom. Ozzie decides to read Hamlet aloud to the family because David is studying the play at school. Before the reading begins a mysterious stranger, Whitfield, appears. With his help, the Nelsons and various neighbours put on a production of Hamlet in the Nelson’s living room.

Series

Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Transmission details

23 Apr 1954 at 20:00 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Director

Ozzie Nelson

Producer

Ozzie Nelson

Cinematographer

William C. Mellor

Writer

Ozzie Nelson

Cast

David Nelson	David
Don DeFore	Thorny
Harriet Nelson	Harriet
John Carradine	Cameron Whitfield
Ozzie Nelson	Ozzie
Ricky Nelson	Ricky

Additional Details

Production type

Sitcoms/Variety

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre

Notes

Notes

A 5-set DVD ‘The Ozzie and Harriet TV Collection’ was released May 2006 (Region 1). Available amazon.com.

General

`The Adventures of Ozzie And Harriet ' was a family-based sitcom screened on American television. Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and their sons David and Ricky (16 and 13 respectively at the time of the programme’s debut) portrayed fictional versions of themselves. The Nelsons embodied wholesome American life so conscientiously (if blandly) that their name epitomised upright, happy family life for decades. The show originated on radio.

History

AN EVENING WITH HAMLET was episode 71 in season 2.

Production Company

Name

Stage Five Productions

Address

USA

Archive

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email

arsc@ucla.edu

Web

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Phone

(310) 206 5388

Fax

(310) 206 5392

Address

Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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