- Series
- Why is a writer?
- Air Date
- 1960-11-25
- Duration
- 00:14:30
- Episode Description
- This program, "The Literary Cheat," focuses on Thomas Chatterton, a brilliant young man who attempted to represent his forgeries as the work of a fifteenth-century priest. Chatterton died in 1770 at age 18.
- Series Description
- Produced by the Iowa School of the Air, this series focuses on various works of literature from Shakespeare to Twain.
- Subject(s)
- Creator(s)
- University of Iowa (Producer)Walcoff, Larry (Director)Horowitz, Floyd (Writer)
- Contributors
- Stribling, Don (Actor)Ingram, Lauren (Actor)
- Genre(s)
- Geographic Region(s)
- regions
- Time Period
- 1951-1960
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