Sunday Night Theatre

Season 2

1951 · 15 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. A Phoenix Too Frequent

   7 Jan 1951

2. 2

   2. The Scarlet Pimpernel

   14 Jan 1951

   During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin.

3. 3

   3. David Garrick

   21 Jan 1951

4. 4

   4. Release

   28 Jan 1951

5. 5

   5. Counsellor at Law

   4 Feb 1951

   Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.

6. 6

   6. The Skin Game

   3 Feb 1951

   Two forces battle over the future of an English village. On one side, a factory owner wants to move out the locals and turn it into a factory town. On the other, a member of the community wants to preserve the village as it is.

7. 8

   8. Julius Caesar

   25 Feb 1951

   The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

8. 9

   9. Julius Caesar/II

   1 Mar 1951

   The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

9. 13

   13. The Voysey Inheritance

   1 Apr 1951

10. 15

    15. Shout Aloud Salvation

    15 Apr 1951

11. 16

    16. The Life of King Henry V (Part One)

    22 Apr 1951

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

12. 17

    17. The Life of Henry V (Part Two)

    29 Apr 1951

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

13. 31

    31. The Silent Village

    5 Aug 1951

14. 32

    32. Albert

    12 Aug 1951

    A group of Allied prisoners of war use a dummy to cover their attempts to escape a German camp.

15. 43

    43. Escape

    28 Oct 1951