Philco Television Playhouse
The Story of Mary Surratt
Season 1, Episode 20 · Aired 1949-02-13
Synopsis
After the death of her husband Mary opened a boardinghouse to pay the debts owed by her husband. .. There she began a respectable boardinghouse business and met the man who would ultimately lead to her inglorious place in history - John Wilkes Booth.
In the series
This episode is part of Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC.
Chayefsky's kitchen-sink live plays — ordinary lives, extraordinary telecasts.