NET Drama Festival; The Typewriter

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Series
NET Drama Festival
Episode
The Typewriter
Producing Organization
Associated-Rediffusion
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/512-9c6rx94582
NOLA Code
TPWR
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Description
Episode Description
82 minute piece produced by Associate-Rediffusion and distributed by NET in 1964. It was originally shot on film. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Episode Description
An entire community has been disrupted by a spate of poison-pen letters that has driven several people to madness or suicide. No one knows who has been writing the letters, but they have nicknamed the anonymous person The Typewriter. Several people make false confessions from a variety of motives -- to gain attention, to protect a suspected lover, or for more complicated reasons. The final confession is a true one. Solange, a wealthy widow, feels that social order is maintained only because of the fear of blackmail -- that only secrecy and the fear of condemnation if that secrecy is broken keeps the world from descending into anarchic chaos. Despising this thin shell of pseudo-order, she has written letters in an effort to break through to more essential values. When she is forced to reveal her identity as The Typewriter, she too commits suicide. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1964-02-21
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Drama
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
01:22:11
Credits
Actor: Wymark, Patrick
Actor: Chater, Geoffrey
Actor: Sandya, Pat
Actor: Johnston, Margaret
Actor: Jones, Gemma
Actor: Brett, Jeremy
Director: Kemp-Welch, Joan
Producing Organization: Associated-Rediffusion
Production Designer: Clements, John
Script Adaptor: Cooper, Giles
Translator: Cooper, Giles
Writer: Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1668087-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1668087-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1668087-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1668087-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1668087-5 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
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Citations
Chicago: “NET Drama Festival; The Typewriter,” 1964-02-21, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-9c6rx94582.
MLA: “NET Drama Festival; The Typewriter.” 1964-02-21. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-9c6rx94582>.
APA: NET Drama Festival; The Typewriter. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-9c6rx94582