Theatre Night

2h

Drama

A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.

Episodes

Cast

Lady Windermere's Fan

1. Lady Windermere's Fan

1h 58min

15th Sep 1985

On the brink of a decision that could ruin her life, Lady Windermere learns that the difference between good people and bad people is not as simple as she thought.

The Father

2. The Father

2h

22nd Sep 1985

When Laura is told by her husband that she can have no say in deciding their daughter's education she retaliates by hinting that Bertha may not after all be his daughter. The suspicion takes root in the Captain's mind with terrifying results.

Absent Friends

3. Absent Friends

1h 29min

29th Sep 1985

Diana invites her friends to a jolly tea party to cheer up their bereaved friend Colin. His reaction takes them all by surprise ...

Playboy of the West Indies

4. Playboy of the West Indies

2h

13th Oct 1985

Peggy Ford runs a rum bar for her father Mikey in Mayaro, a small fishing village on the south-east coast of Trinidad. Mayaro is, to put it mildly, off the beaten track and if you were to say that nothing ever happens there you might, with reason, be accused of exaggeration. Imagine, therefore, if you will, the effect on all concerned when a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father.

Trelawny of the Wells

5. Trelawny of the Wells

2h

20th Oct 1985

Rose Trelawny, the beautiful young star of 'The Wells', decides to quit a promising career on the stage to marry into 'the quality'.

Molière

6. Molière

2h

27th Oct 1985

Moliere is seen at the beginning as an imposing, confident theatre director, playfully wooing his mistress; but we watch him disintegrate before our eyes.

First air date

15th Sep 1985

Last air date

21st Jul 1990

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks