Festival
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Fallen Angels
09-10-1963Two wives admit to premarital sex and contemplating adultery.
- Ep 2
2.The Duel
16-10-19631h - Ep 3
3.I Want to Go Home
23-10-19631h - Ep 4
4.Stephen D
30-10-19631hDublin in the early twentieth century. Young Stephen Dedalus considers his future.
- Ep 5
5.The Human Voice
06-11-19631hDuring a long telephone call to her (much younger) lover, a woman tries to conceal her desperation.
- Ep 6
6.Krapp's Last Tape
13-11-1963On 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.
- Ep 7
7.The Bald Prima Donna
27-11-19631hThere 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?
- Ep 8
8.Stalingrad
04-12-19631h - Ep 9
9.The Fire Raisers
11-12-19631hIn 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...
- Ep 10
10.Little Eyolf
18-12-19631hA 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 f...
- Ep 11
11.The Comedy of Errors
01-01-19641hTwo unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.
- Ep 12
12.The Respectful Prostitute
08-01-19641hA prostitute in the Deep South is persuaded not to tell the truth about an injustice involving racial prejudice.
- Ep 13
13.Lysistrata
15-01-19641hA 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 s...
- Ep 14
14.August for the People
22-01-19641hSir Augustus Thwaites isn't too keen on all this democracy he keeps hearing about - or is he?
- Ep 15
15.Trevor
05-02-19641h - Ep 16
16.The Lady of the Camellias
12-02-19641hAn innocent young man falls in love with a notorious courtesan.
- Ep 17
17.Say Nothing
19-02-19641h - Ep 18
18.The Master of Santiago
26-02-19641h - Ep 19
19.Under Milk Wood
04-03-19641hOne 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 drown...
- Ep 20
20.A Florentine Tragedy
11-03-19641h - Ep 21
21.The Old Lady Says No! Or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?
18-03-19641hDenis 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 playi...
- Ep 22
22.Murder in the Cathedral
25-03-19641hT. S. Eliot's portrayal of the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
- Ep 23
23.The Inner World of Miss Vaughan
01-04-19641h - Ep 24
24.Ring Round the Moon
08-04-19641hTwin 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.
- Ep 25
25.Justin Thyme
15-04-19641hSuper-cool, super-resourceful, absolutely unbeatable, British secret agent Justin Thyme springs into action.
- Ep 26
26.John Bull's Other Island
22-04-19641h - Ep 27
27.The Life of Galileo
29-04-19641hThe researches of Galileo Galilei bring him into conflict with the Papacy - and the Inquisition.
- Ep 28
28.The Keep
06-05-19641hThe 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?
- Ep 29
29.Everyman
20-05-19641h - Ep 30
30.Police
27-05-19641hIn an Eastern European dictatorship, the life of a policeman is not always easy.
- Ep 31
31.Six Characters in Search of an Author
03-06-19641hAn 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 a...
- Ep 32
32.Bloomsday
10-06-19641hOne day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.
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