Play of the Month

Season 7

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.

Where to Watch Play of the Month • Season 7

11 Episodes

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    E1
    A Midsummer Night's DreamMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
  • Rasputin
    E2
    RasputinIn early 20th century Russia, a peasant monk exerts great influence upon the superstitious wife of the Russian Tsar.
  • Tartuffe
    E3
    TartuffeOrgon 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 reject her fiancé and marry Tartuffe.
  • The Cherry Orchard
    E4
    The Cherry OrchardMadamr 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 continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the repossessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.
  • Summer and Smoke
    E5
    Summer and SmokeA plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.
  • Stephen D
    E6
    Stephen DStephen Dedalus comes of age in a Dublin changing radically as the 20th century nears.
  • The Merchant of Venice
    E7
    The Merchant of VeniceAntonio'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 repayment in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh.
  • Lady Windermere's Fan
    E8
    Lady Windermere's FanLady Windermere suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.
  • The Playboy of the Western World
    E9
    The Playboy of the Western World
  • She Stoops to Conquer
    E10
    She Stoops to Conquer
  • Trelawny of the "Wells"
    E11
    Trelawny of the "Wells"A 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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