The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 7

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(10 votes)

   #1 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

   S7:E19/26/1971

   Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

   Director:James Cellan Jones

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:James Cellan Jones

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   8.9/10(12 votes)

   #2 - Rasputin

   S7:E210/24/1971

   In early 20th century Russia, a peasant monk exerts great influence upon the superstitious wife of the Russian Tsar.

   Director:Alan Cooke

   Writer:Ronald Eyre

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   Director:Alan Cooke

   Writer:Ronald Eyre
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   8.4/10(13 votes)

   #3 - Tartuffe

   S7:E311/28/1971

   Orgon is a man of property duped by the false piety of the penniless Tartuffe. Orgon takes him into his house, believing him a paragon of virtue. Orgon orders his daughter to reject her fiancé and marry Tartuffe.

   Director:Basil Coleman

   Writer:Richard Wilbur

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   Director:Basil Coleman

   Writer:Richard Wilbur
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   8.8/10(20 votes)

   #4 - The Cherry Orchard

   S7:E412/19/1971

   Madamr Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocrat who returns from Paris to face the loss of her magnificent cherry orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the repossessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.

   Director:Cedric Messina

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Cedric Messina

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   6.7/10(14 votes)

   #5 - Summer and Smoke

   S7:E51/23/1972

   A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.

   Director:Alvin Rakoff

   Writer:Tennessee Williams

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   Director:Alvin Rakoff

   Writer:Tennessee Williams
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   6.7/10(10 votes)

   #6 - Stephen D

   S7:E62/20/1972

   Stephen Dedalus comes of age in a Dublin changing radically as the 20th century nears.

   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Hugh Leonard

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   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Hugh Leonard
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   7.4/10(68 votes)

   #7 - The Merchant of Venice

   S7:E74/16/1972

   Antonio's friend Bassanio is in love and needs money to go courting. Using Antonio as his collateral, he borrows money from Shylock. But when the debt comes due, Shylock demands repayment in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh.

   Director:Cedric Messina

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.2/10(22 votes)

   #8 - Lady Windermere's Fan

   S7:E85/14/1972

   Lady Windermere suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.

   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:Oscar Wilde

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   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:Oscar Wilde
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   9.2/10(12 votes)

   #9 - The Playboy of the Western World

   S7:E96/11/1972

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - She Stoops to Conquer

    S7:E107/23/1972

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    #11 - Trelawny of the "Wells"

    S7:E118/13/1972

    A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she elopes with a wealthy young man from the other side of town.

    Director:Herbert Wise

    Writer:Arthur Wing Pinero

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    Director:Herbert Wise

    Writer:Arthur Wing Pinero