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1963 - 1964

Fallen Angels

9th October 1963
Episode 1
Two wives admit to premarital sex and contemplating adultery.

The Duel

16th October 1963
Episode 2
No overview available.

I Want to Go Home

23rd October 1963
Episode 3
No overview available.

Stephen D

30th October 1963
Episode 4
Dublin in the early twentieth century. Young Stephen Dedalus considers his future.

The Human Voice

6th November 1963
Episode 5
During a long telephone call to her (much younger) lover, a woman tries to conceal her desperation.

Krapp's Last Tape

13th November 1963
Episode 6
On Krapp's 69th birthday he reviews a tape recording he made the year he was 39 and makes a new recording commenting on the last 12 months.

The Bald Prima Donna

27th November 1963
Episode 7
There is no prima donna in this play, and if there was one, she wouldn't be bald. Apart from that, what could be more normal?

Stalingrad

4th December 1963
Episode 8
No overview available.

The Fire Raisers

11th December 1963
Episode 9
In an area plagued by mysterious outbursts of arson, two strangers arrive and inveigle their way into the home of a wealthy bourgeois businessman. Are they the fire raisers? Surely they can't be - can they?

Little Eyolf

18th December 1963
Episode 10
A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

The Comedy of Errors

1st January 1964
Episode 11
Two unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.

The Respectful Prostitute

8th January 1964
Episode 12
A prostitute in the Deep South is persuaded not to tell the truth about an injustice involving racial prejudice.

Lysistrata

15th January 1964
Episode 13
A version of Aristophane's play: Sparta and Athens are in a endless war, but Lisistrata, a beautiful woman has an idea to stop the fight, and convinces all the women to do it: no sex until there is peace.

August for the People

22nd January 1964
Episode 14
Sir Augustus Thwaites isn't too keen on all this democracy he keeps hearing about - or is he?

Trevor

5th February 1964
Episode 15
No overview available.

The Lady of the Camellias

12th February 1964
Episode 16
An innocent young man falls in love with a notorious courtesan.

Say Nothing

19th February 1964
Episode 17
No overview available.

The Master of Santiago

26th February 1964
Episode 18
No overview available.

Under Milk Wood

4th March 1964
Episode 19
One night while the townsfolk wrestle with their dreams, seedy Captain Cat and a stranger walk the streets. Captain Cat is a blind, retired sea captain, recalling memories of drowned shipmates and Rosie Probert, a whore and the one great love of his youth

A Florentine Tragedy

11th March 1964
Episode 20
No overview available.

The Old Lady Says No! Or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?

18th March 1964
Episode 21
Denis Johnston's first play took Dublin by storm and laid the foundation of the worldwide reputation of the Dublin Gate Theatre. It takes place in the mind of an actor who is playing the Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet in a traditional patriotic drama. The actor is knocked unconscious by accident and in his reverie he imagines he is Emmet walking the streets of present-day Dublin, confronting the jarring contrast between the myth of Ireland and modern day reality.

Murder in the Cathedral

25th March 1964
Episode 22
T. S. Eliot's portrayal of the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.

The Inner World of Miss Vaughan

1st April 1964
Episode 23
No overview available.

Ring Round the Moon

8th April 1964
Episode 24
Twin brothers with very different personalities are in conflict over the love of a less than worthy woman. One brother comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

Justin Thyme

15th April 1964
Episode 25
Super-cool, super-resourceful, absolutely unbeatable, British secret agent Justin Thyme springs into action.

John Bull's Other Island

22nd April 1964
Episode 26
No overview available.

The Life of Galileo

29th April 1964
Episode 27
The researches of Galileo Galilei bring him into conflict with the Papacy - and the Inquisition.

The Keep

6th May 1964
Episode 28
The memory of a revered and long-dead mother binds together a Welsh family, and also prevents any of its members from having a full life. But is she really dead?

Everyman

20th May 1964
Episode 29
No overview available.

Police

27th May 1964
Episode 30
In an Eastern European dictatorship, the life of a policeman is not always easy.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

3rd June 1964
Episode 31
An absurdist play about the relationship between authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners. In it, the actors, author, and crew interact with the "real characters" who appear on stage during the rehearsal of the play.

Bloomsday

10th June 1964
Episode 32
One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.
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An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.

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