BBC Play of the Month S08E08 · The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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Grusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.

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1. 1 1. The Millionairess1972-09-25 · 1h 40mAn Indian doctor meets a willful and arrogant heiress stuck in a dull marriage in order to satisfy the conditions of her father's will.
2. 2 2. Hedda Gabler1972-10-20Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic resu
3. 3 3. King Oedipus1972-11-24Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery — and it destroys him.
4. 4 4. The Magistrate1972-12-20A widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.
5. 5 5. The Adventures of Don Quixote1973-01-07 · 1h 40mA self-proclaimed 'knight' and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking 'giants' that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
6. 6 6. Candide1973-02-16Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.
7. 7 7. A Room with a View1973-04-15When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation.
8. 8 8. The Caucasian Chalk Circle1973-05-16Grusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.
9. 9 9. The Duchess of Malfi1973-07-18
10. 10 10. Peer Gynt1973-08-22