NET Playhouse

NET Playhouse

1966 6 Seasons 54 Episodes ⭐ 7.3 Drama Family

NET Playhouse is an American dramatic television anthology series produced by National Educational Television. NET subsequently merged with WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET and was superseded by the Public Broadcasting Service. American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.

NET Playhouse is an American dramatic television anthology series produced by National Educational Television. NET subsequently merged with WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET and was superseded by the Public Broadcasting Service. American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

A production of Tennessee Williams's "Ten Blocks on the Camino Real," a one-act play upon which his full-length play, "C

EP 2

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

Dustin Hoffman stars in Ronald Ribman's critically acclaimed off-Broadway drama and 1965 Obie Award for best play of the

EP 3

The Star Wagon

A comedy-fantasy by Maxwell Anderson, follows the adventures of an inventor who creates a time-machine enabling him to l

EP 4

L'Avventura

EP 5

Victoria Regina, Part 1: Spring

The first hour of this four-part adaptation of Laurence Housman's drama focuses on Queen Victoria's accession to the thr

EP 6

Victoria Regina, Part 2: Summer

"Victoria Regina: Summer," second of four-part adaptation of Lawrence Hous mans' Broadway hit about the life of England'

EP 7

Victoria Regina, Part 3: Autumn

"Victoria Regina: Autumn," third of a four-part adaption of Lawrence Housman's Broadway hit about the life of England's

EP 8

Victoria Regina, Part 4: Winter

EP 9

An Enemy of the People

A Norwegian doctor discovers that the source of the town's medicinal waters has become poisonous.

EP 10

A Sleep of Prisoners

Christopher Fry's verse drama of four prisoners in an imaginary war.

EP 11

Ofoeti

A modern folklore tale about a highly imaginative, fantasy-bound youth and his search for a troll.

EP 12

The Play of Daniel

"The Play of Daniel." Filmed at the Cloisters, NYC's Museum of Medieval Art, this 12th-century play dramatizes episodes

EP 13

La Marmite

Presented in French with English subtitles, The Theatre de la Mandragore Troupe wore masks and performed the Plautus pla

EP 14

The Amorous Flea

"The Amorous Flea," is a musical-comedy based on Molière's "School for Wives." The play follows the misadventures of an

EP 15

A Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare's comic-story of mistaken identity follows the misadventures of two sets of long-lost twins is prese

EP 16

La Mama Playwrights

The off-Broadway La Mama Experimental Theater Club, founded by Ellen Stewart presents three avant-garde works. The plays

EP 17

The World of Carl Sandburg

Actors Fritz Weaver and Uta Hagen join the folk-singing Tarriers and Carolyn Hester for this adaptation of "The World of

EP 18

Knife in the Water

Roman Polanski directed this study of a clash between generations. On a weekend outing, two men find themselves pitted a

EP 19

Uncle Vanya

A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belo

EP 20

The Importance of Being Earnest

In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

EP 21

The World of Kurt Weill

Singer-actress Lotte Lenya offers a tribute to her late composer husband.

EP 22

Master of Santiago

In 16th-century Spain, pressure is brought on Don Alvaro Dabo to take part in the conquest of the West Indies-but Don Al

EP 23

The Battle of Culloden

This BBC documentary-drama re-creates the Battle of Culloden (1746)-- the last battle fought on British soil. The final

EP 24

Satire

Playwright-actor-director Peter Ustinov presents a satiric "improvisation on musical themes" with pianist Anthony Hopkin

EP 25

The Old Glory: Benito Cereno

A poetic drama that explores the paradoxes of the master-slave relationship.

EP 26

Past Intruding

A Japanese film that follows the experiences of a psychiatrist who accidentally revives his buried memory of a horrible

EP 27

Misalliance

A presentation of George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance," a farce about love and the misunderstandings between family membe

EP 28

Sponono

"Sponono," by South African author Alan Paton, incorporates native songs and dances into its narrative-drama form. The s

EP 29

Orpheus in the Underworld

Britain's Sadler's Wells Opera Company performs Offenbach's popular, light opera. According to Greek myth, the poet Orph

EP 30

A Mother for Janek

An orphaned refugee causes unforeseen problems when he comes to live with his bachelor uncle in America. Produced by WQE

EP 31

Acquit or Hang!

A courtroom drama based on the court-martial of 10 HMS Bounty mutineers. The 10 seamen on trial all claim to have taken

EP 32

Crime and Punishment

This dramatization of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's master novel explores the conflicting feelings of guilt and superiority in a

EP 33

Ballet Gala

"Ballet Gala" features principal dancers from Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, London's Royal Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet an

EP 34

A Concert of Sacred Music

A Concert on Sacred Music by Duke Ellington, from the Grace Cathedral, seat of the Episcopal Archdiocese of San Francisc

EP 35

The Victorians, Part 1: The Rent Day

The first of an eight-part series focusing on life in England during the 1800's. Part 1: A young farmer and his wife fac

EP 36

The Victorians, Part 2: London Assurance

An 80-year-old nobleman competes with his son for the hand of a young heiress. This comedy by Dion Boucicault was first

EP 37

The Victorians, Part 3: Society

A wealthy businessman persuades a penniless young aristocrat to introduce his son into society.

EP 38

The Victorians, Part 4: The Ticket-of-Leave Man

"The Victorians: The Ticket-of-Leave Man," a 19th-century detective story. Released from prison, a young man sets out to

EP 39

The Victorians, Part 5: Two Roses

EP 40

The Victorians, Part 6: Still Waters Run Deep

EP 41

The Victorians, Part 7: The Silver King

A gambler who fled to America to escape a murder charge returns to England in search of the real killer.

EP 42

The Victorians, Part 8: Sweet Lavender

EP 1

The Tale of Genji, Part 1

A dramatization of Lady Murasaki's 11th-century saga. The novel etches the life of Prince Genji against the background o

EP 13

The Lump

Yorky is considered a troublemaker by the building site manager. When they sack him a strike is called but lost after th

EP 17

Auto Stop

Henry, a callow English youth, is rejected by Federika, the older and more sophisticated woman he has fallen in love wit

EP 30

1984

In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in lo

EP 1

Across the River

EP 1

The Father

EP 6

The Duel

EP 1

Helen Hayes Remembers

Helen Hayes recreates some of her most famous stage roles, such as Mary Stuart in "Mary of Scotland", Queen Victoria in

EP 24

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven was considered an eccentric undisciplined musician in his youth. This drama centers on his struggle

EP 30

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare's timeless tragedy about political treachery and assassination is presented as part of the "Biograph

EP 1

Hogan's Goat

EP 11

Between Time and Timbuktu

A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is duplicated into infini

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