Original UK transmission date | Title | Author(s) | Producer | Director | Performers (non-exhaustive) | Notes | Archive status |
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Season One |
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7 July 1971 | Trelawny of the 'Wells' | Arthur W. Pinero | Cedric Messina | Herbert Wise | John Alderton,Lally Bowers,Graham Crowden,Roland Culver,Rachel Kempson,Ian Ogilvy,Moira Redmond,Elizabeth Seal,Elaine Taylor,Graham Crowden,Anthony Ainley,John Cater,John Dearth,Godfrey James,Lila Kaye,Stephanie Turner,Henry Woolf | Adapted from theplay. Repeated on BBC1 13 Aug 1972 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
14 July 1971 | Candida | Bernard Shaw | Cedric Messina | Alan Cooke | Geraldine McEwan,George Baker,Timothy Dalton,Jeremy Bulloch,Clive Revill,Priscilla Morgan | Adapted from theplay. First shown on BBC1 underPlay of the Month. | Missing |
21 July 1971 | The Playboy of the Western World | J.M. Synge | Cedric Messina | Alan Gibson | John Hurt,Sinéad Cusack,Pauline Delany,Joe Lynch,Kevin Flood,James Caffrey,Gerard Murphy | Adapted from theplay. Repeated on BBC1 11 June 1972 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
28 July 1971 | Ross | Terence Rattigan, adapted for television byWilliam Emms | Gerald Savory | Cedric Messina | Ian McKellen,Charles Gray,Barrie Ingham,John Bennett,Martin Jarvis,Edward Fox,Brian Rawlinson,Michael Robbins,David Spenser,Hugh Walters,Simon Lack,Robert Luckham,Victor Pemberton,David Griffin,Richard Hampton | Adapted from theplay. First shown on BBC1 underPlay of the Month. | Missing |
4 August 1971 | She Stoops to Conquer | Oliver Goldsmith | Cedric Messina | Michael Elliott | Tom Courtenay,Thora Hird,Juliet Mills,Ralph Richardson,Elaine Taylor,Terry Bale,Esmond Knight,Geoffrey Bateman | Adapted from theplay. Repeated on BBC1 23 July 1972 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
11 August 1971 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov, translated by Elisaveta Fen | Cedric Messina | Christopher Morahan | Freddie Jones,Anthony Hopkins,Ann Bell, Roland Culver,John Baskcomb,Richard Beale,Stacey Tendeter | Adapted from theplay. First shown on BBC1 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
Season Two |
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26 September 1972 | Peer Gynt | Henrik Ibsen, English version by Norman Ginsbury | Cedric Messina | Alan Cooke | Colin Blakely,Wendy Hiller,Francesca Annis,Ray Barrett,Aubrey Morris,Lois Baxter,Dudley Foster,John Franklyn-Robbins,Terence Bayler,Helen Blatch,Claire Davenport,Elroy Josephs,Andrew Lane,Mark McManus | Adapted from theplay. Repeated on BBC1 22 August 1973 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
3 October 1972 | Mrs Warren's Profession | Bernard Shaw | Cedric Messina | Herbert Wise | Coral Browne,Penelope Wilton,James Grout,Derek Godfrey,Robert Powell,Richard Pearson | Adapted from theplay. Repeated on BBC1 21 April 1974 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
10 October 1972 | The Duchess of Malfi | John Webster | Cedric Messina | James MacTaggart | Eileen Atkins,Michael Bryant,Charles Kay,T. P. McKenna,Gary Bond,Tim Curry,Jerome Willis,Michael Godfrey,Robert James,Roy Evans,Michael Lynch, Jack Galloway,Dallas Cavell,Peter Spraggon,Talfryn Thomas,Nick Brimble | Adapted from theplay. Repeated on BBC1 18 July 1973 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
17 October 1972 | Rasputin | Ronald Eyre | Cedric Messina | Alan Cooke | Robert Stephens,Peter Barkworth,Isabel Dean, Lally Bowers, T. P. McKenna,Robert Eddison,Andrew Robertson,Reg Lye,Leonard Trolley,Harry Waters,Derrick Gilbert,John Savident,James Bree | Adapted from theplay. First shown on BBC1 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
24 October 1972 | The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov, translated by Elisaveta Fen | Gerald Savory | Cedric Messina | Jenny Agutter,Ray Brooks, Laurence Carter,Christopher Gable, Charles Gray,Celia Johnson,Cyril Shaps, David Spenser,Mary Wimbush,Edward Woodward | Adapted from theplay. First shown on BBC1 underPlay of the Month. | 16mm b&w print |
31 October 1972 | Stephen D | James Joyce, adapted by Hugh Leonard | Cedric Messina | Donald McWhinnie | Donal McCann,David Kelly, Aidan Murphy,Brendan Price,Brenda Fricker | Adapted from Joyce'sA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man andStephen Hero. First shown on BBC1 underPlay of the Month. | Survives |
Season Three |
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25 September 1973 | The Shadow of a Gunman | Sean O'Casey | Cedric Messina | Alvin Rakoff | Hilary Minster, Mark Moss, Phyllis McMahon, Isolde Cazelet, Michael O'Donoughue, Keith Steven | Adapted from theplay. Repeated on BBC1 20 April 1975 underPlay of the Month. | Missing |