Jan Jaffe Kahn (Writer)

American Playhouse

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Release Date1982-01-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count8

The Lawrenceville Stories

Based on the novels by Owen Johnson, the three-part miniseries follows the antics of William 'Hickey' Hicks and his fellow students at the prestigious Lawrenceville Prep School at the turn of the 20th century.

Release Date1987-01-26

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

A Child's Cry for Help

A recently widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. While there a loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor suspects that there is something wrong, and theorizes that the mother is deliberately making her son sick so that she could bring him to the hospital for the attention that it gives her. When the doctor decides to restrict the mother's access to her son and is reporting her to child services, the mother in turn decides to sue the doctor and the hospital. And some of the hospital board don't agree with her diagnosis or think that she's over-reacting. And even while the mother's not allowed access to her son, he is still sick, so is the doctor right or wrong?

Release Date1994-11-13

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Vote Count7