Festival

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

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I Want to Go Home

23rd October 1963

Episode 3

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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

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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