The Wednesday Play

- Season 7

(1967)

A black barman upsets a colonial Governor who has just retired and returned to England. He locks the barman in the cellar and treats him like an animal.

The world of two simple-minded men living with a woman is disrupted by a new lodger.

Mrs. Gogarty agrees to pay off a stranger's debt to a loan-shark, on condition that he marry her.

A French peasant struggles to reunite a young Jewish girl, whom he took in during the Second World War, with her mother when the war is over.

A community of monks decides to solve its financial predicament through the sale of a potent cure for rheumatism made from rare herbs and one hundred per cent proof alcohol.

A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.

A gentleman thief puts together a gang to commit a perfectly executed robbery.

It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between parents and children.

The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.

An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.

Incompetent and corrupt defence barrister Plantagenet King dreams of a grand venture into commercial law.

Five distinguished guests spend Christmas at a health farm.

An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.

Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furniture talks, he turns into a table-top model in an advertising agency, etc. Finally, it's revealed that the new flat is, in fact, a room in a psychiatric asylum.

Jamie's flying visit is a somewhat sentimental one. Because Jamie is calling to see Lois, an old and dear flame he hasn't met since they left Oxford ten years ago. He is still the same old Jamie, but Lois has changed quite a bit.

An ageing millionaire reflects on his life while being pampered at a Parisian hairdressing salon.

An industrial dispute takes place in an isolated quarry while the Drummer and the Bloke look on.

A country squire and his late friend's nephew argue over the dead man's artistic legacy.

Three men who have avoided one another since violent events five years before meet unexpectedly one evening.

An African-American trumpet player spends a few hours in an English provincial town, with a girl who happens to be white. As a result, each learns to care for the other, not as a "cipher of a divided society" but as a vulnerable human being.

Two couples, one fights all the time and the others let tensions in their relationship build until one stabs the other, the ones that fight end up saying oh well let's murder Vivaldi they pick up their violins and play together.

The problems of a group of football fans.

The quiet head of a film company's dispatch department reacts violently to a practical joke.

A happily married couple divorce for tax purposes, but their lawyer, not knowing the real reason for their divorce, falls in love with the wife.