Tad Mosel
Writer
About This Interview
Noted playwright and teleplay writer Tad Mosel (1922-2008) speaks about the challenges and thrills of writing for Fred Coe and David Susskind on live "Golden Age" dramas including The Philco/Goodyear Playhouse, Playhouse 90, and Studio One. He speaks about many of his plays including his first original television play, "Ernie Barger is 50," which appeared on Philco and his work on The Adams Chronicles. The six hour interview was conducted October 18, 1997 by Michael Rosen.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
- On his early years; on developing an interest in playwriting
- Chapter 2
- On his education; on developing his writing style
- Chapter 3
- On his college years; on starting in early television
- Chapter 4
- On writing for various live television anthologies
- Chapter 5
- On production aspects of live television; on Philco-Goodyear Playhouse; on working with producer Fred Coe
- Chapter 6
- On writing for live television; on his teleplay Other People's Houses
- Chapter 7
- On writing for Philco Playhouse and Studio One
- Chapter 8
- On his approach to writing; on The Petrified Forest; on writing for Playhouse 90
- Chapter 9
- On writing teleplays for Studio One and Playhouse 90
- Chapter 10
- On the wane of live television; on the advent of videotape; on All the Way Home
- Chapter 11
- On All the Way Home; on his work in the 1960s and 1970s; on winning the Pulitzer Prize
- Chapter 12
- On The Adams Chronicles; on what the "Golden Age of Television" means to him; on some of the people he's worked with throughout his career
- Chapter 13
- On individuals he's worked with over his career
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