Sunday Night Theatre

Season 1

1950 · 21 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Hindle Wakes

   1 Jan 1950

2. 2

   2. Rope

   8 Jan 1950

   Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

3. 3

   3. Twelfth Night

   15 Jan 1950

   Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.

4. 4

   4. Cheapside

   22 Jan 1950

5. 5

   5. Trespass

   29 Jan 1950

6. 6

   6. The Scarlet Pimpernel

   5 Feb 1950

   A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.

7. 7

   7. The Indifferent Shepherd

   12 Feb 1950

8. 10

   10. The Seagull

   5 Mar 1950

   This quintessential Chekhov drama--his first success--is both comic and tragic. A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.

9. 11

   11. The Lady's Not for Burning

   12 Mar 1950

10. 16

    16. Promise of Tomorrow

    16 Apr 1950

    Marius Goring stars as Tommy Savidge, a crippled poet who longs to compose verse dramas but is forced to write trashy plays for dingy provincial repertory companies to make a living.

11. 17

    17. Othello

    23 Apr 1950

12. 21

    21. The Title

    21 May 1950

13. 22

    22. The Insect Play

    28 May 1950

14. 24

    24. The Admirable Crichton

    11 Jun 1950

    A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs around on a South Pacific island. The usable hierarchy in a upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent that only the servant Crichton is capable of surviving on his own and he becomes the communities leader.

15. 30

    30. Dark Tribute

    Date TBA

16. 31

    31. Adventure Story

    30 Jul 1950

    The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

17. 33

    33. The History of Mr. Polly

    13 Aug 1950

18. 36

    36. Vanity Fair

    3 Sept 1950

19. 40

    40. Party Manners

    1 Oct 1950

20. 48

    48. The Secret Sharer

    26 Nov 1950

    A ship's captain must conceal a stowaway from his crew.

21. 49

    49. An Enemy of the People

    3 Dec 1950

    A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.