The Beggar’s Opera
Adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Murder with Mirrors
When Miss Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there’s time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea cozy, murder most foul is…
The Importance of Being Earnest
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend — whom he knows as “Ernest” — is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to…
A Tale of Two Cities
British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue…
Cromwell
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into…
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes…
Savage Messiah
The film fictionalizes the real relationship between French sculptor Henri Gaudier and Polish writer Sophie Brzeska, twenty years his senior, who came to Paris, she says, for its “creative atmosphere.”