2022-07-25

T5#162 Any Port in a Storm

Episode number: 162

Network broadcast date: Tuesday, March 16, 1965
Any Port in a Storm
Genre: Fantasy
Author: Don Lamb
Production number:
165
Production date:
Wednesday, February 24, 1965
Director:
Warren Somerville
Producer:
Warren Somerville

Plotline: Shipwrecked honeymooners wash up on an deserted island only to discover it’s Bikini Atoll — a government testing site for hydrogen bombs!

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650316+162+Any+Port+in+A+Storm.flac

Cast: Betsy von Furstenberg, George Petrie, Ethel Remey, John Griggs

Notes:

Lamb was active in Off-Broadway and regional theater as a stage and production manager, and as a supporting actor. He was also an aspiring playwright in those venues. He was a stage manager for the 1970-1971 Broadway productions of Frank Merriwell and Harvey, the latter starring Jimmy Stewart and Helen Hayes; show theme does not start until after the 2:00 mark