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Television World Theatre

1957
1 season
14 episodes
Drama

Television World Theatre is a classic BBC television drama anthology series broadcast from 1957 to 1958, which adapted major international classical and historical stage plays for British viewers.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.The Life of Henry V

    29-12-1957

    In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

  • Ep 2

    2.The Cherry Orchard

    05-01-1958

    Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage....

  • Ep 3

    3.Women of Troy

    12-01-1958
  • Ep 4

    4.The Captain of Koepenick

    19-01-1958
  • Ep 5

    5.The Dark Is Light Enough

    26-01-1958
  • Ep 6

    6.Heartbreak House

    02-02-1958

    On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye's infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her fa...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Government Inspector

    09-02-1958

    The most prominent citizens of a small Russian town mistake a wandering stranger for the much-feared "government inspector" whose visit they are fearfully awaiting. The stranger ta...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Judge

    16-02-1958

    A nostalgic reunion briefly arises when three estranged siblings spend some time together in their childhood home where their father is on his dead-bed. A glimpse of a new fellowsh...

  • Ep 9

    9.The Master Builder

    23-02-1958

    A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.

  • Ep 10

    10.Amphitryon 38

    02-03-1958
  • Ep 11

    11.The Circle of Chalk

    09-03-1958
  • Ep 12

    12.The Clandestine Marriage

    16-03-1958
  • Ep 13

    13.Strange Interlude: Part 1

    23-03-1958

    After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his.

  • Ep 14

    14.Strange Interlude: Part 2

    30-03-1958

    In the second part of this adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 1928 play, Gordon Evans grows up unaware that his "Uncle" Ned is in fact his father. Gordon's mother, Nina, grows increasi...

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