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The Skin of Our Teeth (1983)
Directed by Jack O'Brien
Drama · 1h 53m
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).
Cast
Blair Brown
Sabina
Sada Thompson
Mrs. Antrobus
Harold Gould
Mr. Antrobus
Jeffrey Combs
Henry Antrobus
M
Monique Fowler
Gladys
Rue McClanahan
Fortune Teller
John Houseman
Network Newscaster
Diana Bellamy
Miss E. Muse / Ivy
R
Renee Brooks
Miss M. Muse / Showgirl
B
Bonnie Campbell-Britton
Miss T. Muse / Audio Person
G
Gary Dontzig
Telegraph Boy/Conveener
J
James Coyle
Conveener
Crew
- Director
- Jack O'Brien
- Writer
- Thornton Wilder
Details
- Release date
- 1983-01-18
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Limelight International, Old Globe Theater, The WNET Group, Broadway Theatre Archive