"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" is the second

television play A television play is a television programming genre which is a drama performance broadcast from a multi-camera television studio, usually live in the early days of television but later recorded to tape. This is in contrast to a television mov ...

episode of the first season of the American television series '' CBS Playhouse''. The title of the episode is taken from the first line of a Dylan Thomas

poem Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...

, which tells the story of a carpenter who has built his own home, but is now too old and infirm to live on his own, and is sent to live in an old age home against his desires. It was broadcast in October 1967, and was eventually nominated for five Emmy awards, including a nomination for supporting actor

Lawrence Dobkin Lawrence Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002) was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. Dobkin was a prolific performer during the Golden Age of Radio. He narrate ...

, a win in the category of best actor for

Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy ''Ninotchk ...

in the lead role, and a win in the category of Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama for

Loring Mandel Loring Mandel (May 5, 1928 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright and screenwriter whose notable works include the TV movie ''Conspiracy''. He wrote for radio, television, film and the stage. Early and personal life Mandel was a native of ...

.TV.com: ''CBS Playhouse'': ''Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night''.
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* 1967 American television episodes 1967 plays CBS Playhouse episodes {{tv-episode-stub