THE TALBOT PLAYERS
The Talbot Players is a story factory specializing in books, documentaries and films. Founded by three siblings with prominent profiles in the media world – Stephen, David and Margaret Talbot – the company is named after a theater troupe organized by their late father, actor Lyle Talbot, a fixture from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Stephen is the former series editor of the award-winning PBS program, FRONTLINE/World. David is the founder and former editor-in-chief of the pioneering Web publication, Salon. And Margaret is a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine.
Among the Talbot Players' first projects are:
- SOUND TRACKS, a music and travel series now in development for PBS
Watch our first episode nationwide on PBS, Monday, Jan. 25 at 10pm
- PULP HISTORY, a series of illustrated history books for Simon & Schuster,
which will debut in fall 2010
- BROTHERS, a dramatic TV mini-series now in development at Lionsgate,
based on David Talbot's best-selling book about John and Robert Kennedy
- COMEBACK, a book and TV documentary about the San Francisco 49ers'
first Super Bowl season
The Talbot Players offices are located in Francis Ford Coppola's historic Sentinel Building in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
For more information, contact Talbot Players vice president Karen Croft.
