Best Television Plays

Overview:

  • Title: Best Television Plays
  • Author: Gore Vidal
  • Year: 1963
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price: $0.35
  • Pages: 250
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Visit to a Small Planet
  • Notes:
    • Stated sixth printing on the copyright page.
    • Anthology of eight television plays that were televised 1953-1955 on general fiction television shows.
    • Cover is a photograph from the televised version of Reginald Rose's play "Thunder on Sycamore Street".
    • Only genre content is listed.
    • Anthology also contains content by Paddy Chayefsky, Rod Serling and J. P. Miller who also have genre content on this site.
    • First Ballantine printing: September 1956.
    • {{LCCN|56-9581}}.
    • States "This is an original collection—not a reprint" on the back cover, although this is the sixth printing.
    • Ballantine Book #550.
    • "Visit to a Small Planet" has also been made into a motion picture.