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Publication: Best Television Plays

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  • Publication: Best Television PlaysPublication Record # 401900
  • Editor: Gore Vidal
  • Date: 1963-06-00
  • Catalog ID: 550
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price:
    $0.35?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 250
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: ANTHOLOGY
  • Notes:
    • Stated sixth printing on the copyright page.
    • Anthology of eight television plays that were televised 1953-1955 on general fiction television shows.
    • Cover is a photograph from the televised version of Reginald Rose's play "Thunder on Sycamore Street".
    • Only genre content is listed.
    • Anthology also contains content by Paddy Chayefsky, Rod Serling and J. P. Miller who also have genre content on this site.
    • First Ballantine printing: September 1956.
    • LCCN 56-9581.
    • States "This is an original collection—not a reprint" on the back cover, although this is the sixth printing.
    • Ballantine Book #550.
    • "Visit to a Small Planet" has also been made into a motion picture.
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Anthology Title: Best Television Plays • (1956) • anthology by Gore Vidal

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