Twilight Zone: “The Bard” [Season 4, Episode 18] / Z-View

Twilight Zone: “The Bard” [Season 4, Episode 18]
Original Air Date: May 23, 1963

Director: David Butler
Writer: Rod Serling

Starring: Jack Weston, John McGiver, Doro Merande and Burt Reynolds.

The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…

An untalented television writer [Weston] finds a way to transport William Shakespeare from the past.  Soon the writer is successful thanks to Shakespear ghosting his scripts.  Things go south when Shakespeare shows up on the set.

[Burt Reynolds’ take on Marlon Brando is worth the price of admission.]

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