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Season 1

16 episodes · 1971

  1. 0

    Episode 0

  2. 1

    The Rimers of Eldritch

    Jan 28, 197188 min★ 6.9

  3. 2

    Episode 2

    Feb 4, 1971

  4. 3

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Feb 25, 1971130 min★ 8.5

  5. 4

    Antigone

    89 min★ 6.9

  6. 5

    King Lear

    175 min★ 8.6

  7. 6

    In Fashion

    ★ 7.0

  8. 7

    Paradise Lost

    Feb 25, 1971160 min★ 8.5

    Paradise Lost is a drama by Clifford Odets that takes place during the Depression. The play was originally produced on Broadway by the Group Theatre in 1935. It was also filmed for television broadcast in 1971. The play takes place in an unnamed American city during the Depression: act one on Armistice Day in 1932, act two in March 1934, and act three in April 1935. Odets said of Paradise Lost that he'd hoped that after people see it, "they're going to be glad they're alive."

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    Episode 8

  10. 9

    Episode 9

  11. 10

    Feasting with Panthers

    89 min★ 7.5

  12. 11

    A Memory of Two Mondays

    88 min★ 7.8

  13. 12

    Bach's Mass in B Minor

  14. 17

    The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

    99 min★ 7.1

  15. 18

    Hogan's Goat

    Oct 18, 1971117 min★ 7.6

    A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with a just-deceased rich girl.

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    Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

    89 min★ 6.5