Griffith Jones – MRQE

Macbeth (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This 1976 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth was originally broadcast on Thames Television in 1978. The company’s artistic director Trevor Dunn directs the cast on a small bare stage with mostly black costumes and minimal props. After the witches (Susan Dury, Judith Harte, Marie Kean) announce the prophecy that Macbeth (Ian McKellen) will be the next king, the elderly King Duncan (Griffith Jones) proclaims that his son, Malcolm (Roger Rees), will be heir to the throne. Lady Macbeth (Judi Dench) learns about the witches’ prophecy in a letter, prompting he to ask the gods to remove her femininity so she can make her weak husband kill the king. When Duncan comes to visit Macbeth’s castle, he is murdered in his sleep. Macbeth kills the guards, claiming they were the murderers. In fear of their own lives, Duncan’s sons flee the country and Macbeth is crowned King of Scotland. Riddled with guilt, Macbeth goes mad and sees horrible visions while the witches announce the prophecy of his downfall. Also starring John Woodvine as Banquo, Ian McDiarmid as the porter, and Bob Peck as Macduff.

The Mill on the Floss

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.

The Rake’s Progress

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable…for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.

Miranda

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.

Caruta cu mere

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Shaw’s comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of “crisis” for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?

The Wicked Lady

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

Strangler’s Web

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging one time showgirl on Hampstead Heath by her lover is complicated by several factors, including a far more respectable paramour, and her insistence that a great inheritance was due her that nobody can verify.

Hidden Homicide

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn’t remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.

They Made Me a Fugitive

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After being framed for a policeman’s murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

The Day Will Dawn

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.