Network broadcast date: Tuesday,
October 13, 1964
The
Autocrat
Genre: Melodrama
Author: William Kendall Clarke
Production number: 51
Production date: Tuesday,
September 15, 1964
Director: Ted Bell
Plotline: An aging battle-axe maintains total control of her terrified family, but when she resorts to lying to her husband’s boss and hiding her daughter’s letters from her, they decide she’s finally gone too far…
Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+641013+052+The+Autocrat+LQ.flac
Unfortunately, this is a low quality recording. A better one is being sought.
Cast: Mary Jane Higby, Connie Brigham, Humphrey Davis, Court Benson, Nat Polen
Notes:
Clarke was an established radio and TV writer