Omnibus
Season 5, Episode 17: The Big Wheel: the Burlesque Entertainment of Yesterday
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The program has two segments: (1) "The Big Wheel" (a survey of the age of burlesque, featuring examples of acts of the period), and (2) "The Message" (showing of a 1956 UK film drama on the moral and ethical aspects of war).
All Episodes - Season 5
Episode 1
The American Musical Comedy
Episode 2
Androcles and the Lion
Episode 3
The Last Day of Manolete
Episode 4
My Heart's in the Highlands
Episode 5
Let There Be Farce
Episode 6
Moliere's School for Wives
Episode 7
Plays of the Irish Renaissance
Episode 8
The Blue Hotel
Episode 9
A Man Without a Country
Episode 10
The Fine Art of Murder
Episode 11
The Christmas Tie
Episode 12
Madeline Visits Omnibus
Episode 13
The Art of Choreography
Episode 14
Oedipus, the King
Episode 15
Introduction to Modern Music
Episode 16
Lee at Gettysburg
Episode 17
The Big Wheel: the Burlesque Entertainment of Yesterday
Episode 18
The Theatre Breaks Loose
Episode 19
The Trial of Captain Kidd
Episode 20
How the F-100 Got Its Tail
Episode 21
The Fall River Legend: the Trial of Lizzie Borden
Episode 22
The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach