Playwrights '56 The Sound and the Fury (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

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Playwrights '56

The Sound and the Fury (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

A Southern family faces new challenges as their once successful stature as wealthy land and slave owners have disintegrated to the point that only the Black housekeeper is the solid foundation of the family.

Director

Vincent J. Donehue

Writers

William Durkee (adaptation) | William Faulkner (novel)

Producer

Fred Coe

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 6, 1955

Release date

Dec 6, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Valerie Bettis Candace Candace See fewer	Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Alonzo Bozan Actor Actor See fewer	Our Virgin Island (1958)
Elsa Clark Luster Luster See fewer	Playwrights '56 (1955)
Lillian Gish Mrs. Compson Mrs. Compson See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Cliff Hall Actor Actor See fewer	Kraft Theatre (1947)
Steven Hill Stobin (as Steve Hill) Stobin (as Steve Hill) See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Janice Rule Quentin Quentin See fewer	3 Women (1977)
Joseph Sullivan Actor Actor See fewer	Shadow of the Cloak (1951)
Franchot Tone Jason Jason See fewer	Dangerous (1935)
Ethel Waters Dilsey Dilsey See fewer	Cabin in the Sky (1943)