James MacTaggart
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
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.
Released Oct. 19, 1965
Episode 103 min
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Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, tmdb.anthology, imdb.anthology
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S7E1 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Sept. 26, 1971, midnight
S7E2 - Rasputin
In early 20th century Russia, a peasant monk exerts great influence upon the superstitious wife of the Russian Tsar.
Oct. 24, 1971, midnight
S7E3 - Tartuffe
Orgon 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.
Nov. 28, 1971, midnight
S7E4 - The Cherry Orchard
Madamr 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.
Dec. 19, 1971, midnight
S7E5 - Summer and Smoke
A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.
Jan. 23, 1972, midnight
S7E6 - Stephen D
Stephen Dedalus comes of age in a Dublin changing radically as the 20th century nears.
Feb. 20, 1972, midnight
S7E7 - The Merchant of Venice
Antonio'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.
April 16, 1972, midnight
S7E8 - Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.
May 14, 1972, midnight
S7E11 - 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.
Aug. 13, 1972, midnight
S7E9 - The Playboy of the Western World
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June 11, 1972, midnight
S7E10 - She Stoops to Conquer
None
July 23, 1972, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 103 min.
Season Runtime: 13184 min.
Released: Oct. 19, 1965
Last Air Date: Sept. 12, 1983, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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