Great Performances (1971)
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 1974-01-23 -
Episode 2 - June Moon
Release Date: 1974-01-30In a nod to the days of classic American comedy, a 1929's Tin Pan Alley lyricist meets a composer who has a big hit: "Paprika... the Spice of My Life."
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Episode 3 - The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
Release Date: 1974-05-08Mr. Holroyd is an alcoholic, abusive miner in pre-WWI England who terrorizes his family. Mrs. Holroyd plans to run away with her would-be lover when Mr. Holroyd dies in a mining accident, leaving the family torn with guilt over their hatred of the dead man. Geraldine Page and Rex Robins star.
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Episode 4 - Antigone
Release Date: 1974-02-13 -
Episode 5 - King Lear
Release Date: 1974-02-20King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 1974-03-20 -
Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 1974-03-27 -
Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 1974-05-08 -
Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 1974-05-22 -
Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 1974-12-25 -
Episode 11 - The Year of The Dragon
Release Date: 1974-05-22 -
Episode 12 - Rules of the Game
Release Date: 1974-05-22 -
Episode 13 - Who's Happy Now?
Release Date: 1974-05-22 -
Episode 14 - Three By Balanchine
Release Date: 1974-05-22