Plymouth Playhouse, also known as ABC Album, is a half-hour American television anthology series that aired in 1953[1] to present "pilot program concepts.
[3] ABC said that the two-part production of "A Tale of Two Cities" on Plymouth Playhouse used "perhaps the most extensive exterior settings ever used in a live dramatic television show.
"[11] Much of the network's 23-acre Television Center facility was used for outdoor scenes that included a cobblestone street in France, the Old Bailey in London, and a scaffold with a guillotine.
[11] A review in the trade publication Billboard said that the premiere episode indicated that the series might be "one of the hottest TV properties to unveil in a long time.
Nelson's directing received compliments, but the review concluded, "John Whedon's script had the premise of an idea, but its lack of development stymied proceedings from the start.