"Before I Wake" is a 1953 American television play written by Sumner Locke Elliott.[1] It was an episode of Philco Television Playhouse.[2][3]
| "Before I Wake" | |
|---|---|
| Philco Television Playhouse episode | |
| Directed by | Gordon Duff |
| Written by | Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Original air date | May 31, 1953 |
| Running time | 60 mins |
Producer Fred Coe said it was about the need of an individual to be loved.[4]
Variety wrote "if Before I Wake was meant for what it looked - just a good tearjerke - then Duff and Elliott did a good job. If, however, their aspirations were higher, and the show was primarily to convey the pain of a woman who thinks herself deceived by a dead man, the quality needed just wasn't there."[3]
Premise
editMaggie Bullen is crushed by the death of her lover.
Cast
edit- Betty Field as Maggie Bullen
- Vicky Cummings
- Muriel Williams
- Peg Hillias
- Ward Costello
- Cynthia Latham
- Marian Seldes
- Gerald O'Loughlin
- Jack Klugman
References
edit- ^ "Betty Field stars in TV playhouse". The Plain Dealer. 31 May 1953. p. 38D.
- ^ "31 May 1953". Ross Reports on Television. 1953.
- ^ a b "Tele Follow Up Comment". Variety. 3 June 1958. p. 38.
- ^ "Playwrights into TV". Variety. 10 June 1953. p. 59.