Tomorrow (Playhouse 90)

12th episode of the 4th season of Playhouse 90

Episode no.Season 4
Episode 12

Directed byRobert Mulligan

Written byHorton Foote

Featured musicJerry Goldsmith

"Tomorrow"

Playhouse 90 episode

Episode no.

Season 4
Episode 12

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Written by

Horton Foote

Featured music

Jerry Goldsmith

Original air date

March 7, 1960 (1960-03-07)

Guest appearances

Richard Boone as Jackson Fentry
Kim Stanley as Sarah Eubanks
Chill Wills as Mr. Pruitt
Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Hulie
Charles Bickford as Pa Fentry
Arthur Hunnicutt as circuit-riding preacher
Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Pruitt

Episode chronology

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"Tomorrow" was an American television play broadcast on March 7, 1960, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Playhouse 90.

An awkward millhand, Jackson Fentry falls in love with a pregnant woman, Sarah Eubanks, and marries her. She dies in childbirth, and Jackson cares for her son after she dies.

Production

Herbert Brodkin was the producer. Robert Mulligan was the director. Horton Foote adapted a William Faulkner short story into the teleplay.

Foote's teleplay was remade into the 1972 film, Tomorrow, starring Robert Duvall as Fentry.

The cast included Richard Boone as Jackson Fentry, Kim Stanley as Sarah Eubanks, Chill Wills as Mr. Pruitt, Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Hulie (a midwife), Charles Bickford as Pa Fentry, Arthur Hunnicutt as a circuit-riding preacher, and Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Pruitt.^[1]

Reception

In The New York Times, John P. Shanley wrote that the production was written in "the plain talk of untutored, uncomplicated persons" and was executed with "warm, genuine and poignant" performances by Stanley and Boone.^[2]

Dwight Newton of The San Francisco Examiner wrote that the production "brilliantly and effectively essayed" Faulkner's story. Newton also reacted angrily to a statement by a CBS executive that he saw only "a slim possibility" that the series would continue much longer.^[3]

Critic Charlie Wadsworth called it "a powerful, expanded adaption" of Faulkner's story. He praised the "superb" supporting cast, including Bondi, Patterson, and Wills, as one of the strongest in Playhouse 90 history.^[4]

References

↑ "Faulkner's 'Tomorrow' On Playhouse 90 Monday Night". Port Huron Times Herald. March 5, 1960. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ John P. Shanley (March 8, 1960). "TV: Story by Faulkner; Kim Stanley and Richard Boone Star in Foote's Adaptation of 'Tomorrow'". The New York Times. p. 67.
↑ Dwight Newton (March 9, 1960). "Dig a Grave for 'Playhouse 90'". The San Francisco Examiner. p. II-9.
↑ Charlie Wadsworth (March 8, 1960). "Playhouse 90 Scores With Tomorrow". The Orlando Sentinel – via Newspapers.com.

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