BBC Play of the Month - Season 3

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Girls in Uniform

1 - Girls in Uniform

Air Date: October 15, 1967

The Moon and Sixpence

2 - The Moon and Sixpence

Air Date: November 12, 1967

Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

Romeo and Juliet

3 - Romeo and Juliet

Air Date: December 3, 1967

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

The Parachute

4 - The Parachute

Air Date: January 21, 1968

As the Nazis grow ever more powerful, Werner Roger grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.

Cyrano de Bergerac

5 - Cyrano de Bergerac

Air Date: February 11, 1968

Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.

Ghosts

6 - Ghosts

Air Date: March 17, 1968

A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish Stockholm apartment building, only to find that it a nest of betrayal and sickness.

The Corn Is Green

7 - The Corn Is Green

Air Date: April 14, 1968

A schoolteacher mentors a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.

The Tempest

8 - The Tempest

Air Date: May 12, 1968

The magician Prospero, once Duke of Milan, now rules a small, enchanted island – but a storm brings visitors from the past.

The Old Ladies

9 - The Old Ladies

Air Date: June 9, 1968

A trio of middle-aged women set up housekeeping together.

Man and Superman

10 - Man and Superman

Air Date: July 7, 1968

John Tanner is determined not to lose his independence - which comes under threat when he falls in love with an ardent feminist.

Hay Fever

11 - Hay Fever

Air Date: August 4, 1968

Weekend guests of the Bliss family finds their hosts distinctly eccentric.