Sunday Night Theatre
Season 6
24 episodes
Episode 5
The Creature
Jan 30, 1955
A scientist searches for the Yeti in a Himalayan fastness, and is soon at odds with an adventurer who wants to find the Creature for less exalted reasons.
Episode 8
Candida
Feb 20, 1955
The idealist Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.
Episode 11
The Merchant of Venice
Mar 13, 1955
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Episode 12
The Merchant of Venice/II
Mar 17, 1955
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Episode 15
Family Portrait
Apr 10, 1955
Episode 16
Midsummer Fire
Apr 17, 1955
Episode 18
It Could Happen Only in Paris
May 1, 1955
Episode 19
The River Line
May 8, 1955
Episode 20
What Every Woman Wants
May 15, 1955
Episode 21
Romeo and Juliet
May 22, 1955
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Episode 23
The Legend of Pepito
Jun 5, 1955
Episode 24
Holiday for Simon
Jun 12, 1955
Episode 26
The Happy Prisoner
Jun 26, 1955
Episode 29
The Whole Truth
Jul 17, 1955
Episode 31
The Adventurer
Jul 31, 1955
Episode 33
The Powder Magazine
Aug 14, 1955
Episode 35
A Life in the Sun
Aug 28, 1955
Episode 38
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Sep 18, 1955
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Episode 42
The Makepeace Story #1: The Ruthless Destiny
Oct 16, 1955
Episode 43
The Makepeace Story #2: A New Generation
Oct 23, 1955
Episode 44
The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business
Oct 30, 1955
Episode 47
Idiot's Delight
Nov 20, 1955
A group of disparate travelers are caught are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
Episode 50
The Devil Came from Dublin
Dec 11, 1955
Episode 51
The Devil's General
Dec 18, 1955
A veteran hero of the German army finds himself at odds with the Nazi regime.