In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a Black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels via a goat-drawn cart, loves drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Trevor Nunn
Director
George Gershwin
Music
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
DuBose Heyward
Writer
DuBose Heyward
Theatre Play
Dorothy Heyward
Theatre Play
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"Porgy and Bess" is episode 15 of American Playhouse season 11. Directed by Trevor Nunn and written by DuBose Heyward, it aired on October 6, 1993.