Play of the Month

Season 8

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 8

10 Episodes

  • The Millionairess
    E1
    The MillionairessAn Indian doctor meets a willful and arrogant heiress stuck in a dull marriage in order to satisfy the conditions of her father's will.
  • Hedda Gabler
    E2
    Hedda GablerHedda 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 results.
  • King Oedipus
    E3
    King OedipusResolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery — and it destroys him.
  • The Magistrate
    E4
    The MagistrateA widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.
  • The Adventures of Don Quixote
    E5
    The Adventures of Don QuixoteA 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.
  • Candide
    E6
    CandideCandide 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.
  • A Room with a View
    E7
    A Room with a ViewWhen 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. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle
    E8
    The Caucasian Chalk CircleGrusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.
  • The Duchess of Malfi
    E9
    The Duchess of Malfi
  • Peer Gynt
    E10
    Peer Gynt

 

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