BBC Play of the Month - Season 10
1 - The Linden Tree
Air Date: September 8, 1974
In 1947 England, in the home of Professor Robert Linden, chair of modern history at the provincial University of Burmanley, rationing and austerity seem to have fostered opportunism, escapism and confrontation within the Linden family, gathered to celebrate Robert's 65th birthday and each of whom is struggling with their own crises.
2 - Electra
Air Date: October 24, 1974
In the city of Mycenae, a few years after the Trojan War, a bitter struggle for justice is undertaken by Electra and her brother Orestes for the murder of their father Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and their stepfather Aegisthus.
3 - The Wood Demon
Air Date: October 17, 1974
A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his son George and his young wife, Helen.
4 - Robinson Crusoe
Air Date: November 29, 1974
An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
5 - The Apple Cart
Air Date: January 19, 1975
King Magnus's position as monarch is in danger – can he 'upset the apple cart' and preserve his throne?
6 - The School for Scandal
Air Date: February 16, 1975
Scandalmonger Lady Sneerwell controls a nest of gossipy vipers, and young Lady Teazle, bored by her elderly husband Sir Peter, has been lured into the circle too.
7 - King Lear
Air Date: March 23, 1975
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
8 - Strife
Air Date: May 18, 1975
A personal dispute between a union leader and a management leader causes chaos for workers at a troublesome tin mining company.
10 - The Shadow of a Gunman
Air Date: April 20, 1975