Synopsis
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.
Episodes
Season 11E1Fallen AngelsTwo wives admit to premarital sex and contemplating adultery.2E2The Duel60m3E3I Want to Go Home60m4E4Stephen DDublin in the early twentieth century. Young Stephen Dedalus considers his future.60m5E5The Human VoiceDuring a long telephone call to her (much younger) lover, a woman tries to conceal her desperation.60m6E6Krapp's Last TapeOn 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.7E7The Bald Prima DonnaThere 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?60m8E8Stalingrad60m9E9The Fire RaisersIn 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?60m10E10Little EyolfA 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.60m11E11The Comedy of ErrorsTwo unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.60m12E12The Respectful ProstituteA prostitute in the Deep South is persuaded not to tell the truth about an injustice involving racial prejudice.60m13E13LysistrataA 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.60m14E14August for the PeopleSir Augustus Thwaites isn't too keen on all this democracy he keeps hearing about - or is he?60m15E15Trevor60m16E16The Lady of the CamelliasAn innocent young man falls in love with a notorious courtesan.60m17E17Say Nothing60m18E18The Master of Santiago60m19E19Under Milk WoodOne 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 youth60m20E20A Florentine Tragedy60m21E21The Old Lady Says No! Or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?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.60m22E22Murder in the CathedralT. S. Eliot's portrayal of the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.60m23E23The Inner World of Miss Vaughan60m24E24Ring Round the MoonTwin 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.60m25E25Justin ThymeSuper-cool, super-resourceful, absolutely unbeatable, British secret agent Justin Thyme springs into action.60m26E26John Bull's Other Island60m27E27The Life of GalileoThe researches of Galileo Galilei bring him into conflict with the Papacy - and the Inquisition.60m28E28The KeepThe 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?60m29E29Everyman60m30E30PoliceIn an Eastern European dictatorship, the life of a policeman is not always easy.60m31E31Six Characters in Search of an AuthorAn 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.60m32E32BloomsdayOne day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.60m
