Season 1

1. Hindle Wakes

1950-01-01

2. Rope

1950-01-08

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. Twelfth Night

1950-01-15

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. Cheapside

1950-01-22

5. Trespass

1950-01-29

6. The Scarlet Pimpernel

1950-02-05

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

7. The Indifferent Shepherd

1950-02-12

10. The Seagull

1950-03-05

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.

11. The Lady's Not for Burning

1950-03-12

16. Promise of Tomorrow

1950-04-16

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.

17. Othello

1950-04-23

21. The Title

1950-05-21

22. The Insect Play

1950-05-28

24. The Admirable Crichton

1950-06-11

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.

30. Dark Tribute

31. Adventure Story

1950-07-30

The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

33. The History of Mr. Polly

1950-08-13

36. Vanity Fair

1950-09-03

40. Party Manners

1950-10-01

48. The Secret Sharer

1950-11-26

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

49. An Enemy of the People

1950-12-03

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