Three decades before the venerable daytime TV drama General Hospital hit the scene, a play appeared on Broadway that dealt with many of the issues that would later become the mainstay of the popular soap opera, as well as a string of successful prime time television stalwarts (Chicago Hope, St. Elsewhere, Marcus Welby, M.D., and Dr. Kildare, to name but a few). . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM on November 13, 2013