Real spouses playing pretend lovers in 56 minutes of theatrical chaos.
Real-life couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson star in this 1971 television adaptation of Murray Schisgal's moving play, in which married law student Paul Cunningham takes a job as a typist for an ad agency, where he meets lonely spinster Sylvia. Through a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards, the story of their relationship and developing romance unfolds. Emmy Award winner Glenn Jordan directs this volume from the Broadway Theater Archive.
Acting
Real couple chemistry makes every glance loaded.
Direction
Glenn Jordan preserves stage intimacy without claustrophobia.
Director
Glenn Jordan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson were married from 1948 until his death in 2014, making this essentially home movies with better lighting.
The 1971 TV movie preservation of stage plays was basically Netflix before Netflix—studios cramming theatre into your living room because nobody could afford Broadway tickets.
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