BBC Play of the Month

Season 7

11 episodes · Sep 26, 1971

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  • S7E1

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Sep 26, 1971

    Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

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  • S7E2

    Rasputin

    Oct 24, 1971115m

    In early 20th century Russia, a peasant monk exerts great influence upon the superstitious wife of the Russian Tsar.

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  • S7E3

    Tartuffe

    Nov 28, 1971

    Orgon is a man of property duped by the false piety of the penniless Tartuffe. Orgon takes him into his house, believing him a paragon of virtue. Orgon orders his daughter to reject her fiancé and marry Tartuffe.

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  • S7E4

    The Cherry Orchard

    Dec 19, 1971

    Madamr Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocrat who returns from Paris to face the loss of her magnificent cherry orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the repossessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.

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  • S7E5

    Summer and Smoke

    Jan 23, 1972

    A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.

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  • S7E6

    Stephen D

    Feb 20, 1972

    Stephen Dedalus comes of age in a Dublin changing radically as the 20th century nears.

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  • S7E7

    The Merchant of Venice

    Apr 16, 1972

    Antonio's friend Bassanio is in love and needs money to go courting. Using Antonio as his collateral, he borrows money from Shylock. But when the debt comes due, Shylock demands repayment in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh.

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  • S7E8

    Lady Windermere's Fan

    May 14, 1972

    Lady Windermere suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.

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  • S7E9

    The Playboy of the Western World

    Jun 11, 1972
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  • S7E10

    She Stoops to Conquer

    Jul 23, 1972
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  • S7E11

    Trelawny of the "Wells"

    Aug 13, 1972

    A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she elopes with a wealthy young man from the other side of town.

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