A visiting Englishman takes a dim view of American culture. To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American musical styles.
S1.E2 - The Prince and the Pauper
Monday, October 28, 1957
A poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.
S1.E3 - Beyond This Place
Monday, November 25, 1957
A young man returns to his birthplace for the first time since childhood and learns that the father he had believed dead is still alive — and in prison for murder.
S1.E4 - Junior Miss
Friday, December 20, 1957
A musical version of the hit play.
S1.E5 - The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Tuesday, January 21, 1958
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.
S1.E6 - Aladdin
Friday, February 21, 1958
Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin — his only musical written especially for television.
S1.E7 - A Tale Of Two Cities
Thursday, March 27, 1958
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.