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1. "So shines a good deed in a naughty world"
33:36||Season 1, Ep. 1In this first epsiode, Tom and Michael talk about their childhoods, seeing their first play, and learn some new things about each other after 50 years of friendship.
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2. "I bear a charmed life"
27:51||Season 1, Ep. 2A Player King: Episode two. "I bear a charmed life." In episode two, high school drama programs, the power of ensemble, and devastating college theatre reviews.
3. "Be patient for the world is broad and wide"
30:01||Season 1, Ep. 3A Player King: Episode three. "Be Patient for the World is Broad and Wide." Tom begins teaching high school after graduation, performing in political and experimental theatre to protest the Vietnam War, and the foundation of the Hollywood Theatre Ensemble that launched many artists' careers.
4. "Blow winds and crack your cheeks"
26:36||Season 1, Ep. 4A Player King: Episode four: "Blow Winds and Crack your cheeks" Tom learns some vital lessons about producing and creating theatre in rough conditions, heals some old wounds playing King Lear, and ends up starting a brand new theatre company in Garden Grove, California.
5. "O for a muse of fire"
35:03||Season 1, Ep. 5A Player King: Episode five: "O for a muse of fire!" The Gem Theatre is launched, the Grove Shakespeare Festival is conceived, a first ammendment crisis, and life-long colleagues are met and made.
6. "This scepter'd isle"
32:48||Season 1, Ep. 6A Player King: Episode Six: "This Scepter'd Isle." The dream of a Shakespeare Festival takes off, and gains some great momentum.
7. "Let slip the dogs of war"
32:36||Season 1, Ep. 7A Player King: Episode 7 "Let Slip the Dogs of War." Stories of Hamlet during the 1984 Olympics, an epic Merchant of Venice, and betrayal most foul.