Theatre 5: The Understudy (no close, LQ) (

Theatre 5: 09/17/64, episode 034
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Genre: Melodrama
Author: Max Berton
Production number 36; produced on Thursday, August 20, 1964
Director: not known at this time; Producer: not announced

Plotline: After a string of failures, an actor is thrilled to finally be starring in a hit play. That’s a problem for his understudy, who’s never going to get his shot if the star never takes a sick day. As the play grows in popularity, moving up to Broadway, the understudy decides to take matters into his own hands…

Cast: William Redfield, Teri Keane, Luis van Rooten, Maurice Tarplin

Berton was a radio and TV writer (Captain Video, Mr. I-Magination) and a playwright.