World Theatre (1959)
In 1959, a group of aspiring actors and playwrights navigate love, ambition, and artistic challenges in the world of theater.
Seasons & Episode
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
The story of Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, who created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. Within months he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended with tragic consequences.
Volpone pretends to be dying as a way of tricking various enemies.
During the Thirty Years' War, Mother Courage suffers many tribulations and tragedies.
A madman insists he is the Italian king of centuries previously, Enrico IV. But is he really mad?
Brand, a priest, believes that Man's worst enemy is...himself. This is certainly true of him.