Theatre Night


Theatre Night is the umbrella title under which adaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays were usually broadcast on BBC 2 between 15 September 1985 and 21 July 1990.

List of episodes

The main source for compiling this list was the BFI Film and TV Database. The website's master list is . IMDb was also used, but some significant errors were found; these are noted,
Legend: Se = Season; Ep = Episode
SeEpTitleAuthorProducer/
Director		PerformersUK
Transmission
date
11Lady Windermere's FanOscar WildeLouis Marks ;
Tony Smith 		Helena Little,
Tim Woodward,
Stephanie Turner,
Kenneth Cranham,
James Saxon
Geoff Morrell		15 September 1985
12The FatherAugust StrindbergLouis Marks ;
Kenneth Ives 		Colin Blakely,
Dorothy Tutin,
Irene Handl,
Edward Fox,
Robert Lang		22 September 1985
13Absent FriendsAlan AyckbournShaun Sutton ;
Michael Simpson 		Tom Courtenay,
Julia McKenzie,
Dinsdale Landen,
Hywel Bennett,
Maureen Lipman		29 September 1985
14Playboy of the West IndiesJ. M. Synge
;
Mustapha Matura 		Alan Shallcross ;
Nicholas Kent 		Joan Ann Maynard,
Rudolph Walker,
Jim Findley,
Ram John Holder		13 October 1985
15Trelawny of the 'Wells'Arthur Wing PineroLouis Marks & Cedric Messina ;
Tom Kingdom 		Michael Hordern,
Nicholas Jones,
Avril Angers,
Samantha Bond,
Patricia Brake,
Philip Locke,
Vivian Pickles,
Linda Polan		20 October 1985
16MolièreMikhail Bulgakov ;
Dusty Hughes 		Cedric Messina ;
Bill Alexander 		Antony Sher,
David Bradley,
Penelope Beaumont,
Sylvia Coleridge,
David Troughton,
Christopher Bowen		27 October 1985
17TartuffeMolièreCedric Messina ;
Bill Alexander 		Antony Sher,
Nigel Hawthorne,
Alison Steadman,
Sylvia Coleridge		3 November 1985
21The Devil's DiscipleGeorge Bernard ShawShaun Sutton ;
David Jones 		Mike Gwilym,
Ian Richardson,
Elizabeth Spriggs,
Patrick Stewart,
Patrick Newell,
John Cater,
Patrick Godfrey,
Larry Lamb,
Benjamin Whitrow		17 May 1987
22What the Butler SawJoe OrtonShaun Sutton ;
Barry Davis 		Dinsdale Landen,
Tessa Peake-Jones,
Timothy West,
Prunella Scales		24 May 1987
23Miss JulieAugust StrindbergShaun Sutton ;
Michael Simpson 		Janet McTeer,
Patrick Malahide		31 May 1987
24Make and BreakMichael FraynShaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow		Robert Hardy,
Judi Dench,
David Graham,
Martin Jarvis,
Wolf Kahler,
Arnold Lee		7 June 1987
25GhostsHenrik IbsenLouis Marks ;
Elijah Moshinsky 		Judi Dench,
Kenneth Branagh,
Michael Gambon,
Freddie Jones,
Natasha Richardson		14 June 1987
26The Birthday PartyHarold PinterRosemary Hill ;
Kenneth Ives 		Joan Plowright,
Harold Pinter,
Kenneth Cranham,
Colin Blakely,
Julie Walters,
Robert Lang		21 June 1987
31The MiserMolièreShaun Sutton ;
Michael Simpson 		Nigel Hawthorne,
Jim Broadbent,
Kate Buffery,
Janet Suzman,
Christopher Benjamin,
Ron Cook,
John Gill,
Simon Sutton,
Cyril Shaps		1 April 1988
32The Master BuilderHenrik IbsenShaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow 		Leo McKern,
Jane Lapotaire,
Sebastian Shaw,
Miranda Richardson		15 May 1988
33The Importance of Being EarnestOscar WildeShaun Sutton ;
Stuart Burge 		Paul McGann,
Rupert Frazer,
Amanda Redman,
Natalie Ogle,
Gemma Jones,
Alec McCowen,
Joan Plowright		29 May 1988
34The RivalsRichard Brinsley SheridanShaun Sutton ;
Elijah Moshinsky 		Donald Sinden,
Sheila Hancock,
Michael Maloney;
Patrick Ryecart,
Amanda Redman,
Ronald Pickup,
Suzanne Burden		5 June 1988
35StrifeJohn GalsworthyShaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow 		Peter Vaughan,
Timothy West,
Kate Buffery,
Anna Calder-Marshall,
Tenniel Evans,
Andrew Burt,
Bernard Archard,
John Nettleton,
John Woodnutt,
Patsy Smart		12 June 1988
41Arms and the ManGeorge Bernard ShawShaun Sutton ;
James Cellan Jones 		Helena Bonham Carter,
Kika Markham,
Pip Torrens,
Dinsdale Landen,
Patsy Kensit,
Nicolas Chagrin		16 April 1989
42The ContractorDavid StoreyShaun Sutton ;
Barry Davis 		Timothy West,
Kenneth Cranham,
Jimmy Jewel,
Roger Lloyd-Pack,
Gawn Grainger		23 April 1989
43The Winslow BoyTerence RattiganShaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow 		Rosemary Leach,
Gordon Jackson,
Gwen Watford,
Emma Thompson,
Ian Richardson,
David Troughton		30 April 1989
44KnuckleDavid HareTim Ironside-Wood ;
Colin Ludlowe ;
Paul Marcus ;
Moira Armstrong 		Tim Roth,
Emma Thompson,
Bernard Hepton,
Peter Hawkins,
James Appleby		7 May 1989
45MetamorphosisFranz Kafka ;
Steven Berkoff 		Martyn Auty ;
Jim Goddard 		Tim Roth,
Steven Berkoff,
Linda Marlowe,
Saskia Reeves,
Gary Olsen		21 May 1989
46BenefactorsMichael FraynNo producer credited;
Barry Davis 		Barbara Flynn,
Michael Kitchen,
Alan Rickman,
Harriet Walter,
Howard Cooke		28 May 1989
51OthelloWilliam ShakespeareGreg Smith ;
Trevor Nunn 		Willard White,
Ian McKellen,
Imogen Stubbs,
Zoë Wanamaker,
Sean Baker,
Michael Grandage,
Clive Swift		23 June 1990
52Bingo: Scenes of Money and DeathEdward BondTim Ironside-Wood ;
Don Taylor 		David Suchet,
Kenneth Haigh,
Peter Jeffrey,
Brenda Bruce,
Tim Preece		30 June 1990
53PentecostStewart Parker ;
Lesley Bruce 		No producer credited;
Nicholas Kent 		Dearbhla Molloy,
Adrian Dunbar,
Barbara Adair,
Michelle Fairley,
Sam Dale		14 July 1990
54Iphigenia at AulisEuripidesLouis Marks ;
Don Taylor		Roy Marsden,
Fiona Shaw,
Imogen Boorman,
Eric Allan,
Tim Woodward,
Jason Durr		21 July 1990