About this season
A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
Episodes (5)
1. The Miser
Aired 8 May 1988 • 120 min
The miser loves money above life itself. It takes the whole efforts of his children, their lovers, his unpaid servants and the accomplished courtesan Frosine to make him part with a few francs.
2. The Master Builder
Aired 15 May 1988 • 120 min
Oppressed by past tragedies and an unhappy marriage, the master builder is haunted by his fears of the future—that, some day, youth will arrive to knock him off his pedestal.
3. The Importance of Being Earnest
Aired 29 May 1988 • 120 min
How did a baby come to be deposited in the left luggage room at Victoria Station in mistake for a three-volume novel? And what is the secret allure of the name Ernest?
4. The Rivals
Aired 5 June 1988 • 120 min
Jack Absolute can win the heart of romantic Lydia Languish only by pretending to be the penniless Ensign Beverley.
5. Strife
Aired 12 June 1988 • 120 min
A clash between the stubborn John Anthony, owner of a tin plate firm, and the hard leader of his striking workers, vividly portrays what Galsworthy in 1909 called 'the trouble of the century'.