NET Playhouse — Season 1, Episode 22: Master of Santiago

Episode synopsis

In 16th-century Spain, pressure is brought on Don Alvaro Dabo to take part in the conquest of the West Indies-but Don Alvaro, an anti-colonialist and religious mystic, resists all arguments. Adapted from the play by contemporary French novelist-playwright Henri de Montherlant.

About NET Playhouse

NET Playhouse is an American dramatic television anthology series produced by National Educational Television. NET subsequently merged with WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET and was superseded by the Public Broadcasting Service. American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
• E2The Journey of the Fifth Horse
• E3The Star Wagon
• E4L'Avventura
• E5Victoria Regina, Part 1: Spring
• E6Victoria Regina, Part 2: Summer
• E7Victoria Regina, Part 3: Autumn
• E8Victoria Regina, Part 4: Winter
• E9An Enemy of the People
• E10A Sleep of Prisoners
• E11Ofoeti
• E12The Play of Daniel