Festival: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Fallen Angels
Oct 9, 1963
Two wives admit to premarital sex and contemplating adultery.
Stephen D
Oct 30, 1963 · 60 min
Dublin in the early twentieth century. Young Stephen Dedalus considers his future.
The Human Voice
Nov 6, 1963 · 60 min
During a long telephone call to her (much younger) lover, a woman tries to conceal her desperation.
Krapp's Last Tape
Nov 13, 1963
On Krapp's 69th birthday he reviews a tape recording he made the year he was 39 and makes a new recording commenting on the last 12 months.
The Bald Prima Donna
Nov 27, 1963 · 60 min
There is no prima donna in this play, and if there was one, she wouldn't be bald. Apart from that, what could be more normal?
The Fire Raisers
Dec 11, 1963 · 60 min
In an area plagued by mysterious outbursts of arson, two strangers arrive and inveigle their way into the home of a wealthy bourgeois businessman. Are they the fire raisers? Surely
Little Eyolf
Dec 18, 1963 · 60 min
A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption f
The Comedy of Errors
Jan 1, 1964 · 60 min
Two unrelated men, strangers to each other, are identical twins - and so, even more confusingly, are their servants.
The Respectful Prostitute
Jan 8, 1964 · 60 min
A prostitute in the Deep South is persuaded not to tell the truth about an injustice involving racial prejudice.
Lysistrata
Jan 15, 1964 · 60 min
A version of Aristophane's play: Sparta and Athens are in a endless war, but Lisistrata, a beautiful woman has an idea to stop the fight, and convinces all the women to do it: no s
August for the People
Jan 22, 1964 · 60 min
Sir Augustus Thwaites isn't too keen on all this democracy he keeps hearing about - or is he?
The Lady of the Camellias
Feb 12, 1964 · 60 min
An innocent young man falls in love with a notorious courtesan.
Under Milk Wood
Mar 4, 1964 · 60 min
One night while the townsfolk wrestle with their dreams, seedy Captain Cat and a stranger walk the streets. Captain Cat is a blind, retired sea captain, recalling memories of drown
The Old Lady Says No! Or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?
Mar 18, 1964 · 60 min
Denis Johnston's first play took Dublin by storm and laid the foundation of the worldwide reputation of the Dublin Gate Theatre. It takes place in the mind of an actor who is playi
Murder in the Cathedral
Mar 25, 1964 · 60 min
T. S. Eliot's portrayal of the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
Ring Round the Moon
Apr 8, 1964 · 60 min
Twin brothers with very different personalities are in conflict over the love of a less than worthy woman. One brother comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.
Justin Thyme
Apr 15, 1964 · 60 min
Super-cool, super-resourceful, absolutely unbeatable, British secret agent Justin Thyme springs into action.
The Life of Galileo
Apr 29, 1964 · 60 min
The researches of Galileo Galilei bring him into conflict with the Papacy - and the Inquisition.
The Keep
May 6, 1964 · 60 min
The memory of a revered and long-dead mother binds together a Welsh family, and also prevents any of its members from having a full life. But is she really dead?
Police
May 27, 1964 · 60 min
In an Eastern European dictatorship, the life of a policeman is not always easy.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Jun 3, 1964 · 60 min
An absurdist play about the relationship between authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners. In it, the actors, author, and crew interact with the "real characters" who a
Bloomsday
Jun 10, 1964 · 60 min
One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.