: ▁to ▁te lev ise ▁five ▁different ▁stage ▁plays ▁per ▁week ▁live , ▁air ing ▁around ▁no on ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁promote ▁color ▁TV ▁( which ▁had ▁just ▁been ▁developed ) ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁house w ife ▁as ▁she ▁labor ed ▁over ▁her ▁iron ing . ▁Al ▁was ▁the ▁producer . ▁He ▁h ired ▁five ▁direct ors ▁and ▁five ▁art ▁direct ors . ▁Richard ▁Ben nett , ▁one ▁of ▁our ▁first ▁early ▁pres idents ▁of ▁the ▁P ew ter ▁Pl ough ▁Corporation , ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁direct ors ▁and ▁I ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁art ▁direct ors ▁and , ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁we ▁were ▁through ▁televis ing ▁one ▁play , ▁we ▁had ▁l unch ▁and ▁then ▁met ▁to ▁plan ▁next ▁week ’ s ▁show . ▁That ▁was ▁over ▁ 5 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁and ▁I ’ m ▁trying ▁to ▁think ; ▁I ▁believe ▁the ▁TV ▁art ▁director ▁is ▁( or ▁was ) ▁his ▁own ▁set ▁decor ator ▁( select ing ▁furn ish ings ▁and ▁hand ▁props ) — yes , ▁of ▁course ! ▁It ▁had ▁to ▁be , ▁since ▁one ▁of ▁McC le ery ’ s ▁chief ▁claims ▁to ▁favor ▁with ▁the ▁produ cers ▁was ▁his ▁elim ination ▁of ▁the ▁setting ▁per ▁se ▁and ▁simply ▁decor ating ▁the ▁scene ▁with ▁a ▁minimum ▁of ▁props . ▁It ▁took ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁ing enu ity . ▁ ▁Story ▁sources ▁C ame o ▁Theatre ▁featured ▁adapt ations ▁from ▁the ▁short ▁stories ▁of ▁Ro ald ▁D ahl , ▁Sh ir ley ▁Jackson , ▁Ir win