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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. It was NBC's first live drama presentation in prime time in 18 years, when an ...
- Summer 1962 in Bradleyville, Texas. The den of Floyd Kinkaid's ranch-style home on the outskirts of town.
- A Texas Trilogy
- 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. Its characters are fully drawn, and their clashing values summarize the glory and the tragedy of a face of America ...
Apr 7, 1980 · The Oldest Living Graduate: Directed by Jack Hofsiss. With Henry Fonda, George Grizzard, Timothy Hutton, Cloris Leachman. Aiming to get in his old man's good graces, Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy.
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- Jack Hofsiss
- 1980-04-07
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. It was NBC's first live drama presentation in prime time in 18 years, when an ...
- A Texas Trilogy
Quick Facts The Oldest Living Graduate, Written by ... Summer 1962 in Bradleyville, Texas. The den of Floyd Kinkaid's ranch-style home on the outskirts of town. The Oldest Living Graduate is the third and final play in the series A Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones.
Apr 13, 2008 · The themes are, but the location of Preston Jones’s play, “The Oldest Living Graduate,” is a small, dead West Texas town, in the middle of a big, dead West Texas prairie, a town so far out of the mainstream that if the end of the world came, Bradleyville would be the last to hear about it, as one of the characters puts it.
Jan 1, 1998 · His son, an aggressive wheeler-dealer, learns that the Colonel is the oldest living graduate of Mirabeau B. Lamar Military Academy, and when the school comes forth with the idea of holding a celebration in honor of the old man, the son persuades them to do so in Bradleyville hoping to benefit from the resulting publicity.
- Preston Jones
