Sunday Night Theatre - Season 1

1. Hindle Wakes

Aired: 1/1/1950

2. Rope

Aired: 1/8/1950

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

3. Twelfth Night

Aired: 1/15/1950

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.

4. Cheapside

Aired: 1/22/1950

5. Trespass

Aired: 1/29/1950

6. The Scarlet Pimpernel

Aired: 2/5/1950

A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.

7. The Indifferent Shepherd

Aired: 2/12/1950

10. The Seagull

Aired: 3/5/1950

This quintessential Chekhov drama--his first success--is both comic and tragic. A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.

11. The Lady's Not for Burning

Aired: 3/12/1950

16. Promise of Tomorrow

Aired: 4/16/1950

Marius Goring stars as Tommy Savidge, a crippled poet who longs to compose verse dramas but is forced to write trashy plays for dingy provincial repertory companies to make a living.

17. Othello

Aired: 4/23/1950

30. Dark Tribute

31. Adventure Story

Aired: 7/30/1950

The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

33. The History of Mr. Polly

Aired: 8/13/1950

36. Vanity Fair

Aired: 9/3/1950

40. Party Manners

Aired: 10/1/1950

48. The Secret Sharer

Aired: 11/26/1950

A ship's captain must conceal a stowaway from his crew.

49. An Enemy of the People

Aired: 12/3/1950

A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.