Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

8/1/1984 - 4/30/1986

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$1,150,000.00 (approved)
$1,150,000.00 (awarded)


The Mark Twain Series: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

FAIN: GN-22105-84

WGBY-TV (Springfield, MA 01105-1700)
William P. Perry (Project Director: September 1985 to October 1986)

Funding details:
Original grant (1984) $350,000.00
Supplement (1984) $340,000.00
Supplement (1985) $310,000.00
Supplement (1986) $150,000.00

To support the production of a three-hour television dramatization of ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, the final program in the Mark Twain series, and a 30-minute documentary on the writing and critical reception of the book to mark the 100th anniversary of its publication in 1885.