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The Oldest Living Graduate is the third and final play in the series A Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones.
A powerful, moving and yet consistently humorous study of an often cantankerous but thoroughly lovable old curmudgeon whose spirit remains unbowed even in the face of approaching death. "…the most deeply felt play of the trilogy.
The Oldest Living Graduate was performed live April 7, 1980, as the debut presentation of the NBC-TV series NBC Live Theatre. Performed at Southern Methodist University, the production featured Henry Fonda, George Grizzard, Cloris Leachman and Timothy Hutton.
- A Texas Trilogy
Aug 20, 2021 · A lovingly assembled Dixie delight, this Raven Theatre Company production has a major treasure in Charles Thomas’s wonderful, irascible old colonel; Thomas carries the play like an aged Atlas.
Apr 13, 2008 · March 27 – April 13, 2008. A feisty and romantic old Southern colonel comes to terms with his past and his family as he makes his way, kicking like a mule, into the future.
The Oldest Living Graduate is the third and final play in the series A Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones.
This subseries contains the handwritten versions of the play along with successive drafts and rewrites. Also included are props, costumes, playbills, programs, clippings, reviews, and interviews. The material is arranged by format (scripts, props, programs, clippings) in chronological order.
