BBC Play of the Month - Season 9

BBC Play of the Month - Season 9

Season 9

Network
Episodes9
DatesSep 16, 1973 - May 19, 1974
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Episodes

The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Season 9Episode 190 min

The Love-Girl and the Innocent

Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
Sep 16, 1973
The Common
Season 9Episode 290 min

The Common

An exploration of the relationship between two couples from different social classes: one wealthy and Conservative, one poor and socialist.
Oct 21, 1973
The Recruiting Officer
Season 9Episode 390 min

The Recruiting Officer

Scoundrels are put on notice and women (literally) wear the pants in this uproarious comedy. Recruiting officers travel from port to port wooing men into service at sea, and women into their beds. Two such men, Worthy and Plume, land in Shrewsbury each in love with a woman who lives there.
Nov 18, 1973
Pygmalion
Season 9Episode 490 min

Pygmalion

A play by George Bernard Shaw, starring James Villiers as the egotistical Professor Henry Higgins and Lynn Redgrave as the east end flower girl Eliza Doolittle
Dec 16, 1973
The Changeling
Season 9Episode 590 min

The Changeling

A woman falls in love with a sea captain, and plots to kill her fiance.
Jan 20, 1974
The Importance of Being Earnest
Season 9Episode 690 min

The Importance of Being Earnest

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Feb 17, 1974
The Deep Blue Sea
Season 9Episode 790 min

The Deep Blue Sea

A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
Mar 17, 1974
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Season 9Episode 890 min

Mrs. Warren's Profession

Written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam, who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter.
Apr 21, 1974
The Skin Game
Season 9Episode 990 min

The Skin Game

The rivalry between a wealthy businessman and his lower-class, self-made rival gets very personal indeed.
May 19, 1974

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