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.
Guest Stars:
Peter Wyngarde, Alan Wheatley, Noel Howlett
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.
Guest Stars:
Barbara Lott, Gerald Sim
Guest Stars:
Ursula Howells, Robert Brown, Rupert Davies, Evelyn Moore
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Guest Stars:
Margaretta Scott, Michael Brennan, Evelyn Moore
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.
Guest Stars:
Geoffrey Keen, Michael Hordern
Guest Stars:
Pamela Brown, Nora Nicholson, Peter Bull
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.
Guest Stars:
Marius Goring, Jill Balcon, John Laurie
Guest Stars:
Margaretta Scott, Patrick Macnee, Laurence Harvey, Alan Wheatley
The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.
Guest Stars:
Michael Hordern
A ship's captain must conceal a stowaway from his crew.
Guest Stars:
Patrick Barr, Frank Duncan, Frank Thornton

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