BBC Play of the Month
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays 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.
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Charles Gray
Lord Augustus / Charles Strickland / Richard Greatham / Field-Marshall Allenby / Mr. Beebe / Adrian Blenderbland / Antonio / Sir Harcourt Courtly / Gayev · 9 eps
Eric Porter
Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm / Cyrano de Bergerac / Jack Tanner / Arthur Winslow / Macbeth / Councillor Albert Parker · 6 eps
Donald Pickering
Hotel Manager / Soliony / George Farrant / Monty Cave / Ronald Utterword / Préfet de Police · 6 eps
Jeremy Brett
George, Duke of Bristol / Lord Berowne / Basil Hallward / Joseph Surface / Vicount Goring / Captain Jack Absolute · 6 eps
John Gielgud
The Inquisitor / Chorus / Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton / Charles II / Capt. Shotover / Lord Burleigh · 6 eps
Lally Bowers
Mrs. Telfer / Mrs. Higgins / Miss Prism / Lavinia Penniman / The Dowager Empress / Miss Lavish · 6 eps
Stephanie Bidmead
Maudie / Aunt / Mrs. Sorby / Lady Capulet / Miss Ronberry · 5 eps
Michael Hordern
God / Mr. Posket / Lear / Tartuffe / The Devil · 5 eps
Celia Johnson
Sheila / Eloise / Madame Ranyevskaya / Mrs. Alving / Judith Bliss · 5 eps
Derek Godfrey
Sir Isaac Newton / Orestes' Tutor / Lord Darlington / Gregers Werle / Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester · 5 eps
Robert Stephens
Grigory Rasputin / Trigorin / Prince of Wales / Mark Antony / Oberon · 5 eps
Alan Badel
Father / General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon / Sir Robert Morton / Svengali / Sir Fretful Plagiary · 5 eps
Helen Mirren
Beatrice-Joanna / Babbie / Orinthia / Margery Pinchwife · 4 eps
Anthony Hopkins
Alfred Allmers / Andrey / Edmund Kean / Astrov · 4 eps
Geoffrey Bayldon
Sergei Voinitsev / Dyadin / Cajetan / Archbishop of Rheims · 4 eps
Ronald Hines
Toozenbach / Ronny Heaslop / Lord Windermere / Dirk Stroeve · 4 eps
Edward Fox
Lysander / Charles Surface / Captain Dancy, DSO / Flt. Lieutenant Stoker · 4 eps
Jerome Willis
Zaryezov / Le Bret / The Sea Captain · 4 eps
Virginia McKenna
Fraulein von Bernburg / Hester / Adela Quested / Mary Stuart · 4 eps
Ian McKellen
Simon Bliss / Ross / T.E. Lawrence / Captain Plume / George Tesman · 4 eps
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