Drama on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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A Raisin in the Sun
Drama about dreams and conflicts within three generations of an African American family.
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El Cid
A version of Le Cid, seeing the 11th-century Spanish hero before his rise to fame.
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Artist Descending a Staircase
Tom Stoppard's comic tragedy about the meaning and purpose of life and art.
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Nordic Voices
A celebration of contemporary Nordic writing in three new short plays.
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Finlandia
The psyche of Jean Sibelius, his music and a Finnish epic, starring Tim Pigott-Smith.
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A View from the Bridge
Martin Jarvis directs Miller's 1955 drama. An all-star cast is led by Alfred Molina.
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Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker star in Arthur Miller's 1949 play about the American dream.
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Being Human (The Debate at Valladolid)
New plays by Mike Walker and Andrew Whaley exploring themes of human rights and identity.
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The Provok'd Wife
An outspoken 18th-century comedy of sex, marriage, debauchery and revenge.
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King Charles III
Mike Bartlett's play imagining a future in which Prince Charles has become king.
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Scribblers
By Steve Waters. A play about Henry Fielding and Robert Walpole. With David Troughton.
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Breaking Free: A Patriot for Me
An adaptation of John Osborne's landmark play, which was originally banned in 1965.
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Macbeth
A new production of Shakespeare's dark tragedy about ambition for power.
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The Process
A new adaptation of Franz Kafka's classic The Trial. What has Joseph Kay been accused of?
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Vampyre Man
Joseph O'Connor's drama about Bram Stoker and Henry Irving, the inspiration for Dracula.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic drama of vanity and evil The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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The Master and Margarita
Award-winning production of Mikhail Bulgakov's cult classic. Adapted by Lucy Catherine.
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Electra
Frank McGuinness's adaptation of the Greek tragedy by Sophocles. With Kristin Scott Thomas
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As You Like It
Shakespeare's pastoral comedy of love, lust, cross-dressing and mistaken identity.
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Macedonia
Michael Pennington stars as Euripides in exile, determined to write a play for the King.
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A Traveller's Guide to Paterson
Michael Symmons Roberts presents a drama-documentary exploring Paterson, New Jersey.
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Paines Plough at 40
Three new plays to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Paines Plough theatre company.
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Dream of White Horses
Two friends release a film onto the internet exposing a military operation.
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Juno and the Paycock
Sean O'Casey's comedy masterpiece. An impoverished Dublin family comes into an inheritance
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Rhinoceros in Love
By Liao Yimei. Drama about a rhinoceros keeper who falls for his neighbour.
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Hide the Moon
David Calder and Sian Phillips star in Martyn Wade's play about Richard Strauss.