Episode
number: 34
Network broadcast date: Thursday,
September 17, 1964
The Understudy
Genre: Melodrama
Author: Max Berton
Production number: 36
Production date: Thursday,
August 20, 1964
Plotline: After a string of failures, an actor is thrilled to finally be starring in a hit play. That’s bad news for his understudy, who’s never going to get his shot if the star never takes a sick day. As the play grows in popularity, moving up to Broadway, the understudy decides to take matters into his own hands…
Listen:
Cast: William Redfield, Teri Keane, Luis van Rooten, Maurice Tarplin
Notes:
Berton was a radio and TV writer (Captain Video, Mr. I-Magination) and a playwright