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The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: The Television Plays (Applause Books) [Chayefsky, Paddy] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: The Television Plays (Applause Books) Review: Five Stars - He's the guy Review: Six Very Different Teleplays - Here in one volume all the plays that made Paddy Chayefsky a famous man, together with some insights by the author into how they got written. I had no idea, for example, that HOLIDAY SONG ws actually based on a Reader's Digest article about a man who encountered and reunited a husband and wife torn apart by Nazi violence in Europe during the war. Chayefsky says he was given this article to adapt, but basically disregarded every part of it. They didn't call it the "Golden Age" of TV for notbing. What strikes me is that he was so young when he did his TV work, and yet he was able to write parts for the elderly very well. Will anyone who saw these productions ever forger the old cantor in HOLIDAY SONG, the veteran printer in the classic PRINTER'S MEASURE, or Cathleen Nesbitt quietly breaking your heart in THE MOTHER? It's amazing that a man in his twenties and thirties could see so deeply into the future of his own heart and his own old age--an age which he didn't really live to see.
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,506,097 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #254 in TV References #1,204 in American Dramas & Plays #3,565 in Theater (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars (27) |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.61 x 8.5 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 1557831912 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1557831910 |
| Item Weight | 11.2 ounces |
| Language | English |
| Part of series | Applause Books |
| Print length | 292 pages |
| Publication date | March 1, 2001 |
| Publisher | Applause |
M**S
Five Stars
He's the guy
K**N
Six Very Different Teleplays
Here in one volume all the plays that made Paddy Chayefsky a famous man, together with some insights by the author into how they got written. I had no idea, for example, that HOLIDAY SONG ws actually based on a Reader's Digest article about a man who encountered and reunited a husband and wife torn apart by Nazi violence in Europe during the war. Chayefsky says he was given this article to adapt, but basically disregarded every part of it. They didn't call it the "Golden Age" of TV for notbing. What strikes me is that he was so young when he did his TV work, and yet he was able to write parts for the elderly very well. Will anyone who saw these productions ever forger the old cantor in HOLIDAY SONG, the veteran printer in the classic PRINTER'S MEASURE, or Cathleen Nesbitt quietly breaking your heart in THE MOTHER? It's amazing that a man in his twenties and thirties could see so deeply into the future of his own heart and his own old age--an age which he didn't really live to see.
T**Y
It is so very valuable to see Paddy's thought process as they relate to the teleplays. Even just reading the scripts it was easy to get involved in his stories; imagine what it must have been like to see them when they first aired.
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