TV ShowEnded

Stage 2

1971

1 season

2 episodes

Drama

BBC anthology series of classic plays.

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Cast

Tom Courtenay

Thora Hird

Juliet Mills

Brian Cox

Trevor Peacock

Colin Blakely

Wendy Hiller

Francesca Annis

Coral Browne

James Grout

Robert Powell

Eileen Atkins

Ep 1
1.She Stoops to Conquer
04-08-1971
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with a potential suitor. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow...
Ep 2
2.Peer Gynt
26-09-1972
The classic tale by Henrik Ibsen; a complete opposite of a hero is banished from his village for his (in)actions. He then travels the world with more or less the same result trying...
Ep 3
3.Mrs. Warren's Profession
03-10-1972
A very proper young woman is horrified to discover not only that her mother once worked as a prostitute in order to support her, but that she later became a whorehouse madam rather...
Ep 4
4.The Duchess of Malfi
10-10-1972
The Duchess of Malfi is recently widowed and her greedy brothers are determined she will not marry again, so they employ Daniel De Bosola, a murderer in their pay to spy on her. He...
Ep 5
5.The Shadow of a Gunman
25-09-1973
The first part of Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy. Set in 1920, as the Irish War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus...

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