ANOTHER WORLD Added to Daytime Drama ListBy Robert E. Stansfield
The Hartford Courant
May 3, 1964
A new "soap opera," or as they say in properly respectful news releases, a daytime dramatic serial, makes its appearance this week (Monday through Friday 3-3:30 p.m. Chs. 10, 22, 30). ANOTHER WORLD comes from the mind and pen of Irna Phillips who is credited with creating the first radio network serial, a story called TODAY'S CHILDREN, and went on to become radio and televisions prolific author of many an afternoon weepie - among them THE GUIDING LIGHT (which she started in 1937) and AS THE WORLD TURNS, both of which are currently on CBS stations.
ANOTHER WORLD starts on a note of quiet anguish and promises to supply housewives with just enough of the same to prevent complete atrophy of the tear ducts. Miss Phillips explains: "What I want to say is that none of us can face reality 24 hours a day. We must have private 'worlds', made up of our own dreams and pleasures and emotions, into which to retreat. Otherwise, it would be simply too much!"
The story follows the lives of the families of two brothers, William and James Matthews, in a suburban university town. It opens with the death of William, then shows how the sad events affects the widow and their children and the other brother and his family. Grandma Matthews gets into the action, too. The writer promises to relate to contemporary problems; two of them she mentioned are school dropouts and illegitimacy.
Included in the cast is a Westport actress, Liza Chapman.
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