Showcase Productions, Inc. was the original packager/producer of much of the prime time, live, dramatic, color, 60 minute and 90 minute programming which appeared primarily on NBC during the period between September 1954 and September 1957.

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"CYRANO DE BERGERAC"

Directed By: Kirk Browning
Written By: Joseph Schrank adaptation of Brian Hooker adaptation of Edmond Rostand classic
Produced by: Jose Ferrer
Air Date: 10/17/55
Stars: Jose Ferrer, Claire Bloom, Christopher Plummer, Jacques Aubuchon, John McQuade, William Woodson, Paul Lawrence, Robert Carroll, Will Kuluva, Eric Sinclair
Show: Joseph Schrank adaptation of Brian Hooker adaptation of Edmond Rostand classic, produced and staged by Jose Ferrer, directed by Kirk Browning, production supervised by Donald Davis and Dorothy Matthews; story of professional soldier with extraordinarily long nose and his unrequited love for the fair Roxanne who woos her for her suitor, who dies on the battlefield, after which the stricken Roxanne enters a convent, visited over the years by the ever-faithful Cyrano until she realizes, too late, that it was his soul that she loved all along; stars Jose Ferrer, Claire Bloom, Christopher Plummer, Jacques Aubuchon, John McQuade, William Woodson, Paul Lawrence, Robert Carroll, Will Kuluva, Eric Sinclair

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