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In this WHA-TV series, British director Eric Salmon guides viewers through rehearsals of classic plays—from Sophocles to Shaw. Featuring UW faculty, students, and local actors, Great Plays in Rehearsal offers insight into dramatic interpretation, exploring how performers convey meaning through staging, dialogue, and performance.

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'Great Plays in Rehearsal' is one of PBS Wisconsin's — known then as WHA-TV — earliest educational children's television programs of the 1950s. Originally recorded on 16mm film — part of WHA's 'School of the Air' — it has been preserved, digitized and rendered accessible online thanks to a generous donation from Dr. Henry Anderson.
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