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January 1, 1950

Season 1

01. Hindle Wakes

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January 1, 1950

02. Rope

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.

January 8, 1950

03. Twelfth Night

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.

January 15, 1950

04. Cheapside

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January 22, 1950

05. Trespass

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January 29, 1950

06. The Scarlet Pimpernel

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

February 5, 1950

07. The Indifferent Shepherd

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February 12, 1950

10. The Seagull

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.

March 5, 1950

11. The Lady's Not for Burning

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March 12, 1950

16. Promise of Tomorrow

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.

April 16, 1950

17. Othello

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April 23, 1950

30. Dark Tribute

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31. Adventure Story

The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

July 30, 1950

36. Vanity Fair

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September 3, 1950

40. Party Manners

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October 1, 1950