Excerpts of interviews with Simone Signoret (actress and author), Simone de Beauvoir (author), and Francoise Rosay (actress).

Studs Terkel interviews Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino on the 30th anniversary of Joffrey Ballet.

Studs Terkel discusses the history of dance and its future with Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino.

Interviewing and reading the play "They Even Got the Rienzi," with playwright Claudia Allen and actors Brian Rabinowitz and Meg Thalken. "They Even Got the Rienzi," is included in the work "Short Stuff: ten to twenty minute plays for mature actors."

Now being a professional playwright, William Gibson talked about being able to write one of his plays in 8 days. A lot of the discussion is about his play, "The Miracle Worker". After reading one of Annie Sullivan's letters, and learning about a battle royale that Sullivan had with Helen Keller, Gibson envisioned what that battle royale would look like. It became a now famous part of the play.