Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House Explained

Presenter:Kurt Vonnegut
Composer:Doug Macaskill
Country:Canada
Language:English
Num Episodes:7
Executive Producer:Michael MacMillan
Harold Lee Tichenor
Location:British Columbia, Canada (1991)
Auckland, New Zealand (1992)
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:Alliance Atlantis
Channel:Showtime

Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House is a Canadian television anthology series which aired on the Showtime network from 1991 to 1993. Author Kurt Vonnegut hosted the series himself, presenting dramatizations of several of his short stories from the 1968 collection Welcome to the Monkey House.[1]

Episodes

Each Monkey House adaptation was 30 minutes long.

The first three stories were produced as a television pilot in British Columbia, Canada, and broadcast together from 9:00–10:30pm on May 12, 1991.[2] [3] The four subsequent episodes were filmed and produced in New Zealand in 1992, as a co-production with South Pacific Pictures.[4] The latter episodes were broadcast monthly.

Season 2

Notes and References

  1. News: Goudas . John N. . February 21, 1993 . A Look Inside Vonnegut's 'Monkey House' . Los Angeles Times . USA . February 7, 2014 .
  2. Book: Variety Television Reviews 1991–1992. 1994. Taylor & Francis. New York. 0824037960.
  3. News: Hughes . Mike . Writer Kurt Vonnegut finds new outlet in television . 3 January 2020 . Rochester Democrat & Chronicle . Gannett News Service . May 28, 1991 . 2C.
  4. http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/sites/nzfc/files/Official%20Co-Productions%201988-2012%20Website.pdf Official Co-Productions 1988–2013