O youth and beauty! /

A dramatization of the John Cheever story whose protagonist is one of the well-to-do commuters in the Shady Hill stories, Cash Bentley. At the age of 40, Cash is a slightly inebriated suburbanite, confronting his mid-life crisis by hurdling over his host's furniture, hoping to recapture the at...

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Corporate Authors: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), Kultur International Films, Broadway Theatre Archive
Other Authors: Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017, Blumenthal, Ann, Bleckner, Jeff, Murphy, Michael, 1938-, Walker, Kathryn, 1943-, Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-, Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014, Cheever, John
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: West Long Branch, N.J. : [New York] : Kultur ; Broadway Theatre Archive, [1999?]
Series:Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
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Summary:A dramatization of the John Cheever story whose protagonist is one of the well-to-do commuters in the Shady Hill stories, Cash Bentley. At the age of 40, Cash is a slightly inebriated suburbanite, confronting his mid-life crisis by hurdling over his host's furniture, hoping to recapture the athletic prowess that made him a track star in his college days. His embarrassed wife is unable to halt her husband's obsessive ritual, as he tries to hang on to his fading youth and vigor, and prove he's still a man and an athlete.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the production of Thirteen/WNET for Great performances on PBS, originally broadcast in 1979.
Special features: Previews of other Broadway Theatre Archive plays.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Executive producer, Jac Venza ; music composed and conducted by Jonathan Tunick.
ISBN:0769797172