Festival
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.
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Season 1
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E1
Fallen Angels
Two wives admit to premarital sex and contemplating adultery.
Oct 9, 1963 -
2
E2
The Duel
Oct 16, 1963 -
3
E3
I Want to Go Home
Oct 23, 1963 -
4
E4
Stephen D
Dublin in the early twentieth century. Young Stephen Dedalus considers his future.
Oct 30, 1963 -
5
E5
The Human Voice
During a long telephone call to her (much younger) lover, a woman tries to conceal her desperation.
Nov 6, 1963 -
6
E6
Krapp's Last Tape
On 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.
Nov 13, 1963 -
7
E7
The Bald Prima Donna
There 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?
Nov 27, 1963 -
8
E8
Stalingrad
Dec 4, 1963 -
9
E9
The Fire Raisers
In 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?
Dec 11, 1963 -
10
E10
Little Eyolf
A 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.
Dec 18, 1963 -
11
E11
The Comedy of Errors
Two unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.
Jan 1, 1964 -
12
E12
The Respectful Prostitute
A prostitute in the Deep South is persuaded not to tell the truth about an injustice involving racial prejudice.
Jan 8, 1964 -
13
E13
Lysistrata
A 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.
Jan 15, 1964 -
14
E14
August for the People
Sir Augustus Thwaites isn't too keen on all this democracy he keeps hearing about - or is he?
Jan 22, 1964 -
15
E15
Trevor
Feb 5, 1964 -
16
E16
The Lady of the Camellias
An innocent young man falls in love with a notorious courtesan.
Feb 12, 1964 -
17
E17
Say Nothing
Feb 19, 1964 -
18
E18
The Master of Santiago
Feb 26, 1964 -
19
E19
Under Milk Wood
One 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 youth
Mar 4, 1964 -
20
E20
A Florentine Tragedy
Mar 11, 1964 -
21
E21
The 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.
Mar 18, 1964 -
22
E22
Murder in the Cathedral
T. S. Eliot's portrayal of the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
Mar 25, 1964 -
23
E23
The Inner World of Miss Vaughan
Apr 1, 1964 -
24
E24
Ring Round the Moon
Twin 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.
Apr 8, 1964 -
25
E25
Justin Thyme
Super-cool, super-resourceful, absolutely unbeatable, British secret agent Justin Thyme springs into action.
Apr 15, 1964 -
26
E26
John Bull's Other Island
Apr 22, 1964 -
27
E27
The Life of Galileo
The researches of Galileo Galilei bring him into conflict with the Papacy - and the Inquisition.
Apr 29, 1964 -
28
E28
The Keep
The 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?
May 6, 1964 -
29
E29
Everyman
May 20, 1964 -
30
E30
Police
In an Eastern European dictatorship, the life of a policeman is not always easy.
May 27, 1964 -
31
E31
Six Characters in Search of an Author
An 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.
Jun 3, 1964 -
32
E32
Bloomsday
One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.
Jun 10, 1964