The Lawrenceville Stories
{{short description|1980s Canadian television miniseries}}
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| genre = Historical novel-based
Drama
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| writer = Jan Jaffe Kahn
| director = Allan A. Goldstein
Robert Iscove
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| starring = Zach Galligan
Edward Herrmann
Nicholas Rowe
Stephen Baldwin
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Hagood Hardy
| country = Canada
| language = English
| num_episodes = 3
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| producer =
| editor = Ronald Sanders
| location =
| cinematography = Rene Ohashi
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1987|01|26}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1989|04|05}}
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The Lawrenceville Stories (also known as The Prodigious Hickey) is a 1987–1989 miniseries, directed by Allan A. Goldstein and Robert Iscove, based on The Lawrenceville Stories written by Owen Johnson. The series was originally broadcast as episodes of the American Playhouse anthology television series on Public Broadcasting Service starting on January 26, 1987 (Season 6, Episode 2). It follows the adventures of school prankster Hickey (Zach Galligan) and his rival, The Tennessee Shad (Nicholas Rowe).{{cite news |author=Tom Shales |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/01/26/tv-preview/cd91ba13-c121-4ff6-becc-a1bce4e137ff/ |title=TV Preview: "The Prodigious Hickey" |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 26, 1987|accessdate=2018-04-14}}
Plot
Lawrenceville prankster Hickey pulls one prank too many and is expelled from school. When he returns he finds that there's a new joker in town, The Tennessee Shad, and although they initially are rivals, they soon realize that together they can cause more trouble, so they establish a partnership that they call "The Firm".[http://histclo.com/the/tv/itv/l/tu-tls.html Boys Costumes Depicted in Television Shows: The Lawrenceville Stories]
Cast
- Zach Galligan as William "Hickey" Hicks
- Nicholas Rowe as The Tennessee Shad
- Edward Herrmann as The Headmaster
- Stephen Baldwin as GutterPup
- Josh Hamilton as Lovely
- Robert Joy as Housemaster Tapping
- Dave Foley as Smith
Episodes
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| {{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = The Prodigious Hickey |DirectedBy = Robert Iscove |WrittenBy = Jan Jaffe Kahn |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|1|26}}[https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=jane&p=82&item=T:23910 American Playhouse: The Lawrenceville Stories: The Prodigious Hickey (TV)] |ShortSummary =Hickey, the Lawrenceville prankster pulls one stunt too many and the Headmaster is forced to expel him. |LineColor = 544d2c }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = The Return of Hickey |DirectedBy = Allan A. Goldstein |WrittenBy = Jan Jaffe Kahn |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|02|03}}[https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=playhouse+90&p=8&item=T:23943 American Playhouse: The Lawrenceville Stories: The Return of Hickey (TV)] |ShortSummary =Hickey returns to school, and to his shock he finds that a new prankster called "The Tennessee Shad" has taken his crown. |LineColor = 544d2c }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = The Beginning of the Firm |DirectedBy = Allan A. Goldstein |WrittenBy = Jan Jaffe Kahn |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|04|05}}[https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=stephen&p=91&item=T:24040 American Playhouse: The Lawrenceville Stories: The Beginning of the Firm (TV)] |ShortSummary =The rivalry between Hickey and The Shad begins to take a different direction when they realize they can cause more trouble together, as "The Firm". |LineColor = 544d2c }} |
Other Media
The 1950 film The Happy Years was also based on The Lawrenceville School Stories.
Directed by William Wellman, it starred Dean Stockwell as Dink Stover.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1233558|The Lawrenceville Stories}}
- [https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=jane&p=82&item=T:23910 American Playhouse: The Lawrenceville Stories: The Prodigious Hickey (TV)]
- [https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=playhouse+90&p=8&item=T:23943 American Playhouse: The Lawrenceville Stories: The Return of Hickey (TV)]
- [https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=stephen&p=91&item=T:24040 American Playhouse: The Lawrenceville Stories: The Beginning of the Firm (TV)]
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Category:1987 Canadian television series debuts
Category:1989 Canadian television series endings
Category:1980s Canadian television miniseries
Category:Canadian English-language television shows
Category:Television series set in the 1900s
Category:Television shows based on American novels