1970's Godspell at Plymouth Rock on PBS

I remember seeing a TV special on PBS back in the early 70s--around Thanksgiving---of the Godpsell cast singing songs from the show--at Plymouth Rock--and I believe they were dressed as pilgrims. I'd love to see it again..any help?

I remember seeing it, but the show was actually called "Godspell Goes to Plimouth Plantation." It was on in 1973. It was the Boston sit-down cast and the songs were repurposed into a First Thanksgiving narrative. I also have a vivid recollection of seeing a rebroadcast with open captioning for the hearing impaired, and remember the line, "And the land sinks into mellow blueness," for some reason was captioned with "And the land sinks into softly blue." I also recall "C'mere Jesus, I got something to show you," became "C'mere Captain John Smith, I got something to show you."

This has been in my brain for almost 40 years.

Oooh, I just found the complete title on WGBH's website: "GODSPELL Goes to Plimoth Plantation for Thanksgiving with Henry Steele Commager"



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Updated On: 3/21/12 at 06:19 PM

Oh yeah, and they sing "Prepare Ye..." on a ship clearly intended to represent the Mayflower in the opening scenes of the program. It's by no means Star Wars Holiday Special bad, but it's certainly campy.

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"Prepare Ye" was probably sung on the Mayflower II. It's docked in Plymouth Harbor.

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They were using the olden day spelling. I believe it was Bless the Lord, as they made landfall, but it was a long item ago.

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This sounds far more interesting than the feature film version.

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