BBC Play of the Month - Season 8
1 - The Millionairess
Air Date: September 25, 1972
An Indian doctor meets a willful and arrogant heiress stuck in a dull marriage in order to satisfy the conditions of her father's will.
2 - Hedda Gabler
Air Date: October 20, 1972
Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.
3 - King Oedipus
Air Date: November 24, 1972
Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery — and it destroys him.
4 - The Magistrate
Air Date: December 20, 1972
A widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.
5 - The Adventures of Don Quixote
Air Date: January 7, 1973
A self-proclaimed 'knight' and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking 'giants' that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
6 - Candide
Air Date: February 16, 1973
Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.
7 - A Room with a View
Air Date: April 15, 1973
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
8 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Air Date: May 16, 1973
Grusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.
9 - The Duchess of Malfi
Air Date: July 18, 1973
10 - Peer Gynt
Air Date: August 22, 1973