Post by Richard Kimble on Dec 12, 2017 10:01:56 GMT
Wiki:
Elaine May, the most talented performer of the Nichols & May team, gives a tour-de-force performance in this Theatre-Five episode from late in its run:
"Mama's Girl" (June 1st, 1965)
Theatre-Five was a radio drama series, presented by ABC, between 1964 and 1965. The series used an anthology format, presented a number of short (20-minute) radio plays, across a number of genres, a number of which reflected topical issues contemporary with its airing.
Writers for the show varied, as did actors, although a principal cast included George O. Petrie, Brett Morrison, Jackson Beck, Robert Dryden, Elliott Reid, Court Benson, Cliff Carpenter, and Bryna Raeburn. The show's 1965 run featured several well-known actors, including an early role for James Earl Jones (Incident on US 1), a pre-M*A*S*H Alan Alda (A Bad Day's Work), and Ed Begley (The Pigeon) three years after his Academy Award win.
Writers for the show varied, as did actors, although a principal cast included George O. Petrie, Brett Morrison, Jackson Beck, Robert Dryden, Elliott Reid, Court Benson, Cliff Carpenter, and Bryna Raeburn. The show's 1965 run featured several well-known actors, including an early role for James Earl Jones (Incident on US 1), a pre-M*A*S*H Alan Alda (A Bad Day's Work), and Ed Begley (The Pigeon) three years after his Academy Award win.
"Mama's Girl" (June 1st, 1965)
Move over Agnes Moorehead! As famous as "Sorry, Wrong Number" became over the years, this story is its equal and perhaps a bit more believable. Elaine May is superb in a near-soliloquoy that strangely enough involves as telephone (as did "Sorry Wrong Number"). Don't miss this one! "Real Radio" was still alive. + Edna has been away from her husband Frank for a couple of months but now she is back but she tells her mama that she thinks Frank is acting very strange. When Edna sees him entering the house of Mrs Parker over the street she is very suspicious and confronts Mrs Parker. Mrs Parker tells her that she is mistaken and that it was her lawyer. Edna then overhears her husband Frank and she phones her mama to tell her that she suspects Frank and Mrs Parker are planning to kill her.
