Armchair Theatre

8/12/1956

9/16/1956

9/23/1956

9/30/1956

10/7/1956

10/14/1956

10/28/1956

After a five month trudge through Poland the Kosky family have reached an Austrian labour camp. Their hopes to emigrate to Canada take a desperate turn when Mrs Kosky is diagnosed with tuberculosis.

11/4/1956

11/11/1956

11/25/1956

When someone is killed in a road accident, Bob Slater wants to "do the right thing". But will he?

12/2/1956

12/9/1956

The theme of Romeo and Juliet reworked in an orthodox Jewish household where Jeff who is a Christian falls in love with Juliet. Both families bitterly oppose the relationship. The story is set in wartime, in the East End of London.

12/16/1956

12/16/1956

12/23/1956

Late 19th century. The young miss Julie lives in a mansion with her father. She has recently broken her engagement but is attracted to one of the servants, Jean. They spend the midsummer night together, telling each other their memories and of their dreams. Realizing that an affair between a man of the people and an aristocrat is impossible, they plan to escape to Switzerland.

12/30/1956

1/13/1957

1/20/1957

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. Afterwards it is stolen, and Mrs. Kendrick goes into debt to duplicate it. The thief discovers it's costume jewelry, but Mrs. Kendrick never learns the truth, and struggles for years to pay off the huge debt.

1/27/1957

2/3/1957

2/10/1957

2/17/1957

There are odd goings-on in the Turkish baths. Is the distinguished stranger among the Colonel Blimps really the "King of Iceland"?

2/24/1957

3/10/1957

Olivia Russell is outwardly a devoted wife and mother, the kind mistress of a happy home, and a sympathetic friend. But this suburban respectability conceals a sinister aspect of the feminine.

3/17/1957

Deep beneath the streets of Italy lie the catacombs of the Montresors, filled with barrels of wine and the bones of the dead. One evening, friends Fortunado and Montresor venture below the city with promises of the rare vintage wine Amontillado and find themselves in a web of betrayal and revenge that changes their friendship forever. Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

3/24/1957

What future is there for a forgotten star of the New York theatre?

4/7/1957

4/14/1957

4/21/1957

5/5/1957

A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.

5/12/1957

5/19/1957

5/26/1957

6/2/1957

6/9/1957

A famous (married) concert pianist falls in love with a young music student.

6/16/1957

6/30/1957

The son of a rich soap manufacturer gets himself in predicaments trying to prove to his father that he's responsible enough for marriage.

7/14/1957

7/28/1957

8/11/1957

8/25/1957