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Series · 1963–Returning

Festival

8.0·1 season·32 episodes·60 min avg.·United Kingdom

An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.

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Fallen Angels
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Oct 9, 1963

Two wives admit to premarital sex and contemplating adultery.

02
The Duel
The Duel
Oct 16, 1963
03
I Want to Go Home
I Want to Go Home
Oct 23, 1963
04
Stephen D
Stephen D
Oct 30, 1963

Dublin in the early twentieth century. Young Stephen Dedalus considers his future.

05
The Human Voice
The Human Voice
Nov 6, 1963

During a long telephone call to her (much younger) lover, a woman tries to conceal her desperation.

06
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape
Nov 13, 1963

On Krapp's 69th birthday he reviews a tape recording he made the year he was 39 and makes a new recording commenting on the last 12 months.

07
The Bald Prima Donna
The Bald Prima Donna
Nov 27, 1963

There is no prima donna in this play, and if there was one, she wouldn't be bald. Apart from that, what could be more normal?

08
Stalingrad
Stalingrad
Dec 4, 1963
09
The Fire Raisers
The Fire Raisers
Dec 11, 1963

In an area plagued by mysterious outbursts of arson, two strangers arrive and inveigle their way into the home of a wealthy bourgeois businessman. Are they the fire raisers? Surely they can't be - can they?

10
Little Eyolf
Little Eyolf
Dec 18, 1963

A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

11
The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
Jan 1, 1964

Two unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.

12
The Respectful Prostitute
The Respectful Prostitute
Jan 8, 1964

A prostitute in the Deep South is persuaded not to tell the truth about an injustice involving racial prejudice.

13
Lysistrata
Lysistrata
Jan 15, 1964

A version of Aristophane's play: Sparta and Athens are in a endless war, but Lisistrata, a beautiful woman has an idea to stop the fight, and convinces all the women to do it: no sex until there is peace.

14
August for the People
August for the People
Jan 22, 1964

Sir Augustus Thwaites isn't too keen on all this democracy he keeps hearing about - or is he?

15
Trevor
Trevor
Feb 5, 1964
16
The Lady of the Camellias
The Lady of the Camellias
Feb 12, 1964

An innocent young man falls in love with a notorious courtesan.

17
Say Nothing
Say Nothing
Feb 19, 1964
18
The Master of Santiago
The Master of Santiago
Feb 26, 1964
19
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood
Mar 4, 1964

One night while the townsfolk wrestle with their dreams, seedy Captain Cat and a stranger walk the streets. Captain Cat is a blind, retired sea captain, recalling memories of drowned shipmates and Rosie Probert, a whore and the one great love of his youth

20
A Florentine Tragedy
A Florentine Tragedy
Mar 11, 1964
21
The Old Lady Says No! Or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?
The Old Lady Says No! Or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?
Mar 18, 1964

Denis Johnston's first play took Dublin by storm and laid the foundation of the worldwide reputation of the Dublin Gate Theatre. It takes place in the mind of an actor who is playing the Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet in a traditional patriotic drama. The actor is knocked unconscious by accident and in his reverie he imagines he is Emmet walking the streets of present-day Dublin, confronting the jarring contrast between the myth of Ireland and modern day reality.

22
Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral
Mar 25, 1964

T. S. Eliot's portrayal of the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.

23
The Inner World of Miss Vaughan
The Inner World of Miss Vaughan
Apr 1, 1964
24
Ring Round the Moon
Ring Round the Moon
Apr 8, 1964

Twin brothers with very different personalities are in conflict over the love of a less than worthy woman. One brother comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

25
Justin Thyme
Justin Thyme
Apr 15, 1964

Super-cool, super-resourceful, absolutely unbeatable, British secret agent Justin Thyme springs into action.

26
John Bull's Other Island
John Bull's Other Island
Apr 22, 1964
27
The Life of Galileo
The Life of Galileo
Apr 29, 1964

The researches of Galileo Galilei bring him into conflict with the Papacy - and the Inquisition.

28
The Keep
The Keep
May 6, 1964

The memory of a revered and long-dead mother binds together a Welsh family, and also prevents any of its members from having a full life. But is she really dead?

29
Everyman
Everyman
May 20, 1964
30
Police
Police
May 27, 1964

In an Eastern European dictatorship, the life of a policeman is not always easy.

31
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Jun 3, 1964

An absurdist play about the relationship between authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners. In it, the actors, author, and crew interact with the "real characters" who appear on stage during the rehearsal of the play.

32
Bloomsday
Bloomsday
Jun 10, 1964

One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.

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