About Play of the Month
- Released on October 19, 1965
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina.
Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
Full Cast of Play of the Month
Daphne Heard plays Witch (1 episode)
Bruce Purchase plays Taffy (1 episode)
Brenda Fricker plays Emma (1 episode)
Andrew Burt plays Galanba (1 episode)
Maggie Smith plays Epifania (1 episode)
David Daker plays Cpl. Hill (1 episode)
Peter Purves
Christopher Gable plays Trofimov (1 episode)
Roland Culver plays Serebriakov (1 episode)
Jill Bennett plays Anna (1 episode)
Vladek Sheybal plays Mr. Miller (1 episode)
Ram John Holder plays Friday (1 episode)
Timothy Dalton plays Clive Harrington (1 episode)
Arthur Lowe plays Sir Oliver Surface (1 episode)
Tessa Wyatt plays Lisette (1 episode)
Anton Diffring plays Adolf Eichmann (1 episode)
John Savident plays Purishkevich (1 episode)
John Franklyn-Robbins plays Colonel J.D.H. Stewart (1 episode)
Peter Copley plays The Home Secretary (1 episode)
Jonathan Scott-Taylor plays Ronnie Winslow (1 episode)
Don Henderson plays Mercier (1 episode)
Dinah Sheridan plays Lady Adela (1 episode)
John Castle plays Merton Densher (1 episode)
Thora Hird plays Clare Soppitt (1 episode)
Jeremy Irons plays Edward Voysey (1 episode)
David Battley plays Costar Pearmain (1 episode)
Julian Holloway plays Sir Chichester Frayne (1 episode)
Sybil Thorndike plays Mrs Moore (1 episode)
Barry Morse plays Rev. Winemiller (1 episode)
Barrie Ingham plays Captain Horace Vale (1 episode)
Brian Glover
Patrick Stewart plays Gurvich (1 episode)
Donald Sutherland plays Charles Givens (1 episode)
Angela Pleasence plays Julia (1 episode)
Annette Crosbie plays Frances Trebell (1 episode)
Georgina Hale plays Masha (1 episode)
John Thaw plays Banquo (1 episode)
Hilary Mason plays Mrs. Elton (1 episode)
Joss Ackland plays Chebutykin (1 episode)
David Troughton plays Smiler Washington (1 episode)
Judy Geeson plays Lucy Honeychurch (1 episode)
Gordon Gostelow plays Maxim (1 episode)
Brenda Bruce plays Lady Bountiful (1 episode)
Emrys James plays Dr. Pangloss (1 episode)
Norman Rodway plays Danton (1 episode)
Paul Raffield plays Manservant (1 episode)
Burt Kwouk plays Wu Hsien Ching (1 episode)
Elizabeth Spriggs plays Maud Lowder (1 episode)
Alan Badel plays General Gordon (1 episode)
Lee Remick plays Alma Winemiller (1 episode)
John Carson plays Charles Winsor (1 episode)
Jane Asher plays Melinda (1 episode)
Keith Chegwin
Stanley Baker plays Robinson Crusoe (1 episode)
Freddie Jones plays Vanya (1 episode)
Ray Brooks plays Yasha (1 episode)
John Hollis plays 1st Prisoner (1 episode)
Bernard Lee plays Sir Peter Teazle (1 episode)
Robert Eddison plays Prince Andronikov (1 episode)
David Kelly plays Mr. Casey, Director of College (1 episode)
Esmond Knight plays Helmut (1 episode)
Charlotte Rampling plays Flaminia (1 episode)
Warren Mitchell plays Spas T. Raikin, Traveller's Aid Rep. (1 episode)
Judi Bowker plays Betty Whitehouse (1 episode)
Pauline Collins plays Lady Teazle (1 episode)
Anton Rodgers plays The Marquess of Quex (1 episode)
Philip Stone plays Weinand (1 episode)
Kevin Stoney plays Vengerovich (1 episode)
David Hedison plays John Buchanan (1 episode)
T. P. McKenna plays Kommissarov (1 episode) , Sir Lucius O'Trigger (1 episode)
Tom Chadbon plays George Emerson (1 episode)
Jenny Agutter plays Hedvig Ekdal (1 episode) , Anya (1 episode)
Nicholas Pennell plays Lieutenant Nicholl (1 episode)
Denholm Elliott plays Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father (1 episode)
Ian McKellen plays Captain Plume (1 episode)
Jennie Linden plays Lydia Languish (1 episode)
Ian Holm plays Oedipus (1 episode) , Khrushchov (1 episode)
Ian Richardson plays Robespierre (1 episode)
Peter Jeffrey plays Comte De Guiche (1 episode)
Patricia Routledge plays Annie Parker (1 episode)
Kate Nicholls plays Dolly Clandon (1 episode)
Paul Daneman plays Henry Trebell (1 episode)
Rachel Thomas plays Peasant's wife (1 episode)
Julie Covington plays Beatrice Voysey (1 episode)
Anthony Valentine plays Charles Stanton (1 episode)
Michael Bates plays Professor Godbole (1 episode)
Paul Maxwell plays Lieut. John E. Donovan (1 episode)
John Woodvine plays MacDuff (1 episode)
Peter Egan plays Freddie (1 episode)
Zia Mohyeddin plays Dr. Aziz (1 episode) , Bandi Grosz (1 episode)
Walter Sparrow plays Man with basket (1 episode)
Victor Spinetti plays Trivelin (1 episode)
Cyril Cusack plays Mr Fielding (1 episode) , Waiter (1 episode)
Robin Askwith plays Alec (1 episode)
Lally Bowers plays Mrs. Lavinia Penniman (1 episode) , The Dowager Empress (1 episode)
Edward Woodward plays Lopakhin (1 episode) , Caius Cassius (1 episode)
John Baskcomb plays Telyeghin (1 episode)
Michael Pennington plays Alexei Turbin (1 episode)
Saeed Jaffrey plays Mr. Hamidullah (1 episode)
Rex Harrison plays Mikhail Platonov, schoolmaster (1 episode) , Don Quixote (1 episode)
Ronald Fraser plays Serebryakov (1 episode)
Colin Jeavons plays Snake (1 episode)
Eileen Atkins plays Catherine Sloper (1 episode) , Electra (1 episode)
John Woodnutt
Michael Hordern plays God (1 episode) , Mr. Posket (1 episode)
John Stride plays Morris Townsend (1 episode)
John Quarmby plays Mereshchun (1 episode) , (1 episode)
Hilda Braid
John Gielgud plays Captain Shotover (1 episode) , Lord Burleigh (1 episode)
Tony Bill plays Lee Harvey Oswald (1 episode)
Hannah Gordon plays The Duchess of Strood (1 episode) , Amy O'Connell (1 episode)
Brian Blessed plays Sgt. Kite (1 episode)
Patrick Magee plays Fergus Crampton (1 episode) , Tetzel (1 episode)
Jerold Wells plays Hans (1 episode)
Ronald Lacey plays Barber (1 episode)
Cyril Shaps plays Joel Brand (1 episode) , Herbin (1 episode)
Jerome Willis plays Le Bret (1 episode) , The Sea Captain (1 episode) , (1 episode)
Roger Delgado plays Officer of the Holy Brotherhood (1 episode)
Vincent Price plays Dr. Austin Sloper (1 episode)
James Aubrey plays The Prince (1 episode)
James Hazeldine
Ronnie Barker plays Henry Ormonroyd (1 episode)
Frank Finlay plays Sancho Panza (1 episode) , Voltaire (1 episode) , Marcus Brutus (1 episode)
Shane Rimmer plays Marine Sergeant (1 episode)
Maurice Denham plays Julius Caesar (1 episode)
Ian Ogilvy plays Thomas Aimwell (1 episode) , Rev. Gavin Dishart (1 episode) , Candide (1 episode)
Tom Baker plays Egyptian Doctor (1 episode)
George Merritt plays Mr. Scruple (1 episode)
Alec McCowen plays Martin Luther (1 episode)
Christopher Guard
Godfrey James plays Taylor (1 episode) , M. Amellius Lepidus (1 episode)
David Jackson
Paul Whitsun-Jones plays 1st Innkeeper (1 episode)
Charles Kay plays de Levis (1 episode) , Vladimir Talberg (1 episode)
Leonie Mellinger plays Silvia (1 episode)
John Ringham plays Major von Dust (1 episode)
Bernard Hepton plays Lord Portmandeau (1 episode)
Alec Bregonzi plays Poacher (1 episode)
Christopher Biggins plays Lord of the court (1 episode)
Stacey Tendeter plays Maid (1 episode) , Katya, maid (1 episode)
Fulton Mackay plays Eck (1 episode)
Paul Copley
Charles Gray plays Mr. Beebe (1 episode) , Adrian Blenderbland (1 episode) , Gayev (1 episode)
Beryl Reid plays Maria Helliwell (1 episode) , Mrs. Malaprop (1 episode)
Russell Hunter plays Crabtree (1 episode)
Keith Barron plays Dr. Quilliam (1 episode)
Tim Wylton plays Blacksmith (1 episode)
Leonard Rossiter plays The Prime Minister (1 episode) , Colonel Lukyn (1 episode)
Andrew Robertson plays Lackey (1 episode)
Eric Porter plays Arthur Winslow (1 episode) , Macbeth (1 episode) , Cyrano De Bergerac (1 episode) , Councillor Albert Parker (1 episode)
Tom Courtenay plays Jesus (1 episode)
Ray Barrett plays Knight (1 episode)
James Villiers plays Professor Henry Higgins (1 episode) , Alastair Fitzfassenden (1 episode)
Michael Culver plays Holborn (1 episode)
Peter Barkworth plays Tsar Nicholas II (1 episode) , Julius Sagamore (1 episode)
Christopher Benjamin plays Dr. Relling (1 episode) , A Cobbler (1 episode)
Geoffrey Beevers plays Telephonist (1 episode)
Alun Armstrong plays Lightborne (1 episode)
Tony Haygarth
Edward Fox plays Captain Dancy, DSO (1 episode) , Charles Surface (1 episode)
John Normington
Neil McCarthy plays Osip, bandit (1 episode)
Virginia McKenna plays Adela Quested (1 episode)
Robert Stephens plays Grigory Rasputin (1 episode) , Mark Antony (1 episode)
Geoffrey Bayldon plays Cajetan (1 episode) , Dyadin (1 episode) , Sergei Voinitsev, Anna's stepson (1 episode)
Christopher Timothy plays Fedotik (1 episode) , Cinna the Poet (1 episode)
John Abineri plays General von Schratt (1 episode) , Marullus (1 episode)
Donald Pickering plays Julius Sagamore (1 episode) , Soliony (1 episode)
Jeremy Brett
Lynn Redgrave plays Eliza Doolittle (1 episode)
Kika Markham plays Juliet (1 episode)
Margaret Leighton
Susan Hampshire
Hywel Bennett plays Romeo (1 episode) , Mr King (1 episode)
Michael Gambon plays Lt Cmdr Rogers (1 episode) , Gregory (1 episode)
Robert Powell
Nigel Hawthorne plays Mr Sneer (1 episode)
Janet Suzman plays Masha (1 episode)
Michele Dotrice plays Irina (1 episode)
Michael Bryant plays Vershinin (1 episode)
Sarah Badel plays Natasha (1 episode)
Ronald Hines plays Toozenbach (1 episode)
Richard Pearson plays Koolyghin (1 episode)
Matthew Roberton plays Rodé (1 episode)
Erik Chitty plays Ferapont (1 episode)
Marda Vanne plays Anfisa (1 episode)
Lisa Carroll plays Maid (1 episode)
Jenny Harrington plays Maid (1 episode)
Maeve Leslie plays Nurse (1 episode)
Helen Mirren plays Margery Pinchwife , Beatrice-Joanna , Orinthia , Babbie
Diana Rigg plays Rita Allmers
Charles Dance plays Borghejm
Anthony Hopkins plays Andrey , Alfred Allmers , Astrov , Edmund Kean
Crew of Play of the Month
Directing
Sound
Writing
Production
- Daphne Heard
- Bruce Purchase
- Brenda Fricker
- Andrew Burt
- Maggie Smith
- David Daker
- Peter Purves
- Christopher Gable
- Roland Culver
- Jill Bennett
- Vladek Sheybal
- Ram John Holder
- Timothy Dalton
- Arthur Lowe
- Tessa Wyatt
- Anton Diffring
- John Savident
- John Franklyn-Robbins
- Peter Copley
- Jonathan Scott-Taylor
- Don Henderson
- Dinah Sheridan
- John Castle
- Thora Hird
- Jeremy Irons
- David Battley
- Julian Holloway
- Sybil Thorndike
- Barry Morse
- Barrie Ingham
- Brian Glover
- Patrick Stewart
- Donald Sutherland
- Angela Pleasence
- Annette Crosbie
- Georgina Hale
- John Thaw
- Hilary Mason
- Joss Ackland
- David Troughton
- Judy Geeson
- Gordon Gostelow
- Brenda Bruce
- Emrys James
- Norman Rodway
- Paul Raffield
- Burt Kwouk
- Elizabeth Spriggs
- Alan Badel
- Lee Remick
- John Carson
- Jane Asher
- Keith Chegwin
- Stanley Baker
- Freddie Jones
- Ray Brooks
- John Hollis
- Bernard Lee
- Robert Eddison
- David Kelly
- Esmond Knight
- Charlotte Rampling
- Warren Mitchell
- Judi Bowker
- Pauline Collins
- Anton Rodgers
- Philip Stone
- Kevin Stoney
- David Hedison
- T. P. McKenna
- Tom Chadbon
- Jenny Agutter
- Nicholas Pennell
- Denholm Elliott
- Ian McKellen
- Jennie Linden
- Ian Holm
- Kevin McNally
- Ian Richardson
- Peter Jeffrey
- Patricia Routledge
- Kate Nicholls
- Paul Daneman
- Rachel Thomas
- Julie Covington
- Anthony Valentine
- Michael Bates
- Paul Maxwell
- John Woodvine
- Peter Egan
- Zia Mohyeddin
- Walter Sparrow
- Victor Spinetti
- Cyril Cusack
- Robin Askwith
- Lally Bowers
- Edward Woodward
- John Baskcomb
- Michael Pennington
- Saeed Jaffrey
- Rex Harrison
- Ronald Fraser
- Colin Jeavons
- Eileen Atkins
- John Woodnutt
- Michael Hordern
- John Stride
- John Quarmby
- Hilda Braid
- John Gielgud
- Tony Bill
- Hannah Gordon
- Brian Blessed
- Patrick Magee
- Jerold Wells
- Ronald Lacey
- Cyril Shaps
- Jerome Willis
- Roger Delgado
- Vincent Price
- James Aubrey
- James Hazeldine
- Ronnie Barker
- Frank Finlay
- Shane Rimmer
- Maurice Denham
- Ian Ogilvy
- Tom Baker
- George Merritt
- Alec McCowen
- Christopher Guard
- Godfrey James
- David Jackson
- Paul Whitsun-Jones
- Charles Kay
- Leonie Mellinger
- John Ringham
- Bernard Hepton
- Alec Bregonzi
- Christopher Biggins
- Stacey Tendeter
- Fulton Mackay
- Paul Copley
- Charles Gray
- Beryl Reid
- Russell Hunter
- Keith Barron
- Tim Wylton
- Leonard Rossiter
- Andrew Robertson
- Eric Porter
- Tom Courtenay
- Ray Barrett
- James Villiers
- Michael Culver
- Peter Barkworth
- Christopher Benjamin
- Geoffrey Beevers
- Alun Armstrong
- Tony Haygarth
- Edward Fox
- John Normington
- Neil McCarthy
- Virginia McKenna
- Robert Stephens
- Geoffrey Bayldon
- Christopher Timothy
- John Abineri
- Donald Pickering
- Jeremy Brett
- Lynn Redgrave
- Kika Markham
- Margaret Leighton
- Susan Hampshire
- Hywel Bennett
- Michael Gambon
- Robert Powell
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Janet Suzman
- Michele Dotrice
- Michael Bryant
- Sarah Badel
- Ronald Hines
- Richard Pearson
- Matthew Roberton
- Erik Chitty
- Marda Vanne
- Lisa Carroll
- Jenny Harrington
- Maeve Leslie
- Helen Mirren
- Diana Rigg
- Charles Dance
- Anthony Hopkins