Drama on 3 Episodes Episode guide
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The Hybernaculum
A play depicting a summer's day at the house of 18th-century naturalist Rev Gilbert White.
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The Idylls of the King
An adaptation of Tennyson's The Idylls of the King narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith.
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Tartuffe
A Liverpool Playhouse production of Roger McGough's version of Moliere's comedy.
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Fall
An adaptation of the Traverse Theatre's production of Zinnie Harris' play.
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Darger and the Detective
A play drawing on the writings of reclusive artist Henry Darger, imagining his inner life.
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The Gambler
Glyn Maxwell's adaptation of Dostoevsky's drama about his experiences as a young man.
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Hyde Park-on-Hudson
A play by Richard Nelson, focusing on George VI's visit to the United States in 1939.
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Hum
A contemporary drama about the insidious presence of noise in our lives.
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Mendelssohn Weekend - A Midsummer Night's Dream
A chance to hear Shakespeare's play and Mendelssohn's complete incidental music for it.
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My Brother God and the Ban Yan Tree
An ordinary young Indian boy is chosen to become a religious figurehead. But can he cope?
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Henry VIII
William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's history play depicting the life of Henry VIII.
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A Small Family Business
Alan Ayckbourn's award-winning 1987 play about a family's descent into corruption.
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The Government Inspector
Gogol's satire on corruption and sleaze starring Toby Jones and Paul Ritter.
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Alone Together
A portrait of the lives of poet RS Thomas and his wife artist Elsi Eldridge.
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Synge: 100 Years On
Two productions by Irish playwright JM Synge: The Tinker's Wedding and Riders to the Sea.
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Bring Me the Head of Philip K Dick
Gregory Whitehead's fantasy about the android head of science-fiction writer Philip K Dick
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The Time Machine
Philip Osment's dramatisation of HG Wells's classic story about time travel.
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Harold Pinter Double Bill
A tribute to Harold Pinter, with his 1993 play Moonlight and his 2005 radio piece Voices.
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The Steps, by Mike Bartlett
Geraldine McEwan stars in Mike Bartlett's haunting new play.
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The Deep Blue Sea
It is post-war Britain around 1950 and Hester Collyer has left her husband.
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Pornography
A challenging play responding to the 7/7 London bombings.
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Echoes of War
A play exploring the loose ends left by the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
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成人快手, by David Storey
A poignant, often darkly funny play which looks at the lives of five people.
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In the Absence of Geoff
A gym equipment salesman watches his life unravel - is it time to start again?
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Beyond Words
Three short symbolist plays by Maurice Maeterlinck, adapted by Katie Hims.
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The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov's tale of a Russian family forced to sell their house and cherry orchard.
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Samson Agonistes
A production of Milton's dramatic poem, for Radio 3's Milton 400th anniversary celebration
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Great Escape
Zimbabwean playwright Andrew Whaley's satire set in Zimbabwe during the slum clearances.
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Pericles
An adventure full of tyrants, incest, murder, knights, a great hero and the goddess Diana.
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The Pattern of Painful Adventures
Antony Sher plays William Shakespeare in a play about the Bard's life.