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Series of plays about the romantic entanglements hidden behind the public images of famous historical figures.
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- E1 A Dream of LivingNext upMay 2, 1975
Synopsis
Successful novelist Scott Fitzgerald tries desperately to cope both with his rivalry with Ernest Hemingway and with his mentally ailing wife Zelda.
Guest stars: David Hemmings (F. Scott Fitzgerald), Annie Lambert (Zelda Fitzgerald), Charles Keating (Ernest Hemingway)
- E2 Caesar and ClarettaMay 9, 1975
Synopsis
Robert Hardy and Helen Mirren star as Benito Mussolini and his lover Claretta Petacci in this dramatization of their last night together, locked in a small peasant cottage. Having admired Mussolini since she was a schoolgirl, Claretta finally had a chance to meet the Italian leader at the age of 24. For the next 10 years she was Mussolini's official mistress, and was the only woman with him when they and a group of supporters were captured by Communist partisans during an escape attempt. On April 28, 1945, Mussolini and Petacci were shot by their captors. Even though Claretta was offered her freedom, she refused to leave her lover, a touching declaration of a woman's love despite the dubious reputation of the object of her affections.
Guest stars: Helen Mirren (Claretta Petacci), Robert Hardy (Benito Mussolini)
- E3 Mr. Garrick and Mrs. WoffingtonMay 16, 1975
Guest stars
Guest stars: Ian Holm (David Garrick), Diana Quick (Peg Woffington), John Stratton (Mr. Macklin)
- E4 The Statue and the RoseMay 23, 1975
Synopsis
Charles Stewart Parnell is the great hope of Irish politics, but he's in love with a married woman.
Guest stars: Geraldine McEwan (Kitty - Katherine O'Shea), Eric Porter (Charles Stewart Parnell), Ronald Hines (Captain Willie O'Shea)
- E5 Husband to Mrs. FitzherbertMay 30, 1975
Synopsis
In 1799, George, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of mad King George III, awaits the Pope's judgment on his marriage to twice-widowed Mrs. Fitzherbert.
Guest stars: Sorcha Cusack (Mrs. Fitzherbert), Nicholas Jones (Prince of Wales), Donal McCann (Richard Sheridan)
- E6 Mrs. Weekley's LoverJun 6, 1975
Guest stars
Guest stars: Judy Cornwell (Frieda Weekley), Michael Kitchen (D.H. Lawrence), Michael Bryant (Ernest Weekley)
