Michael Darlow
Director
Theatre Night (1985)
Series 5
A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
Released Sept. 15, 1985
Episode 120 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Keywords: tmdb.tv-adaptation, tmdb.filmed-theater
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Othello
The acclaimed production of Shakespeare's masterpiece as presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company during its 1989 season in Stratford and London.
June 23, 1990, midnight
S5E2 - Bingo
The ageing William Shakespeare has retreated to Warwickshire in search of an elusive inner peace. Disillusioned by human cruelty he is further dismayed to find the greed and injustices that drove him from London to Stratford are as prevalent in his rural retreat as they were in the capital.
June 30, 1990, midnight
S5E3 - Pentecost
A powerful black comedy set during the Ulster Workers' Council strike of 1974.
July 14, 1990, midnight
S5E4 - Iphigenia at Aulis
The mighty Greek army restlessly waits for a fair wind to embark on an expedition to Troy. There they will wreak a terrible vengeance on the 'barbarians' for kidnapping Menelaus' wife, Helen. But there is no wind and the priest Calchas says that a human sacrifice is needed to placate the gods.
July 21, 1990, midnight
BBC Two
120 min/ep
1200 min
Sept. 15, 1985
July 21, 1990, midnight
Ended
NR
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