Playhouse (Season 1)

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

  • Poster for Sizwe Bansi Is Dead

    Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (Episode 1)

    Writer: Athol Fugard

    Air date: 1974-03-13

    Overview: Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry to prove their identity during the apartheid era.

  • Poster for The Joke

    The Joke (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1974-08-06

  • Poster for The Cafeteria

    The Cafeteria (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1974-08-13

    Overview: An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparently delusional young woman and her invalid father.

Playhouse

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