BBC Play of the Month Season 9
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
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BBC Play of the Month Season 9 Full Episode Guide
The rivalry between a wealthy businessman and his lower-class, self-made rival gets very personal indeed.
Written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam, who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter.
Beatrice-Joanna is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo but is in love with Alsemero. She hires her father's manservant, De Flores, to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward. Stanley Baker and Helen Mirren in the lead roles.
A play by George Bernard Shaw, starring James Villiers as the egotistical Professor Henry Higgins and Lynn Redgrave as the east end flower girl Eliza Doolittle
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