Season 1

(1963)
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Episodes 32

1 Fallen Angels

October 9, 1963

Two wives admit to premarital sex and contemplating adultery.

2 The Duel

October 16, 1963

1h

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3 I Want to Go Home

October 23, 1963

1h

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4 Stephen D

October 30, 1963

1h

Dublin in the early twentieth century. Young Stephen Dedalus considers his future.

5 The Human Voice

November 6, 1963

1h

During a long telephone call to her (much younger) lover, a woman tries to conceal her desperation.

6 Krapp's Last Tape

November 13, 1963

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.

7 The Bald Prima Donna

November 27, 1963

1h

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?

8 Stalingrad

December 4, 1963

1h

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9 The Fire Raisers

December 11, 1963

1h

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?

10 Little Eyolf

December 18, 1963

1h

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.

11 The Comedy of Errors

January 1, 1964

1h

Two unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.

12 The Respectful Prostitute

January 8, 1964

1h

A prostitute in the Deep South is persuaded not to tell the truth about an injustice involving racial prejudice.

13 Lysistrata

January 15, 1964

1h

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.

14 August for the People

January 22, 1964

1h

Sir Augustus Thwaites isn't too keen on all this democracy he keeps hearing about - or is he?

15 Trevor

February 5, 1964

1h

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16 The Lady of the Camellias

February 12, 1964

1h

An innocent young man falls in love with a notorious courtesan.

17 Say Nothing

February 19, 1964

1h

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18 The Master of Santiago

February 26, 1964

1h

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19 Under Milk Wood

March 4, 1964

1h

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

20 A Florentine Tragedy

March 11, 1964

1h

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

March 18, 1964

1h

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.

22 Murder in the Cathedral

March 25, 1964

1h

T. S. Eliot's portrayal of the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.

23 The Inner World of Miss Vaughan

April 1, 1964

1h

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24 Ring Round the Moon

April 8, 1964

1h

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.

25 Justin Thyme

April 15, 1964

1h

Super-cool, super-resourceful, absolutely unbeatable, British secret agent Justin Thyme springs into action.

26 John Bull's Other Island

April 22, 1964

1h

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27 The Life of Galileo

April 29, 1964

1h

The researches of Galileo Galilei bring him into conflict with the Papacy - and the Inquisition.

28 The Keep

May 6, 1964

1h

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?

29 Everyman

May 20, 1964

1h

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30 Police

May 27, 1964

1h

In an Eastern European dictatorship, the life of a policeman is not always easy.

31 Six Characters in Search of an Author

June 3, 1964

1h

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.

32 Bloomsday

June 10, 1964

1h

One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.

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