Aired: 5/5/1959
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Aired: 5/19/1959
The story of Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, who created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. Within months he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended with tragic consequences.
Aired: 6/2/1959
Aired: 6/16/1959
Volpone pretends to be dying as a way of tricking various enemies.
Aired: 6/30/1959
During the Thirty Years' War, Mother Courage suffers many tribulations and tragedies.
Aired: 7/14/1959
A madman insists he is the Italian king of centuries previously, Enrico IV. But is he really mad?
Aired: 7/28/1959
Aired: 8/11/1959
Brand, a priest, believes that Man's worst enemy is...himself. This is certainly true of him.
Aired: 8/25/1959