BBC Play of the Month (1965)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
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Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15Season 16
- 1 1. A Midsummer Night's Dream1971-09-26Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
- 2 2. Rasputin1971-10-24 · 1h 55mIn early 20th century Russia, a peasant monk exerts great influence upon the superstitious wife of the Russian Tsar.
- 3 3. Tartuffe1971-11-28Orgon is a man of property duped by the false piety of the penniless Tartuffe. Orgon takes him into his house, believing him a paragon of virtue. Orgon orders his daughter to rejec
- 4 4. The Cherry Orchard1971-12-19Madamr Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocrat who returns from Paris to face the loss of her magnificent cherry orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she co
- 5 5. Summer and Smoke1972-01-23A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.
- 6 6. Stephen D1972-02-20Stephen Dedalus comes of age in a Dublin changing radically as the 20th century nears.
- 7 7. The Merchant of Venice1972-04-16Antonio's friend Bassanio is in love and needs money to go courting. Using Antonio as his collateral, he borrows money from Shylock. But when the debt comes due, Shylock demands re
- 8 8. Lady Windermere's Fan1972-05-14Lady Windermere suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.
- 9 9. The Playboy of the Western World1972-06-11
- 10 10. She Stoops to Conquer1972-07-23
- 11 11. Trelawny of the "Wells"1972-08-13A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she elopes with a wealthy young man from the other side of town.
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