Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Nov 03, 2017 | IMDB 6.4
134 min Watch NowDrama
A self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis juggles a fawning ingenue, a crazed playwright, his ex-wife, and the personal lives of his friends. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 45, episode 4).
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Phoebe in Wonderland
National Theatre Live: Medea
The Rainmaker
Shirin
Shimmer
Anonymous
Reckless Serenade
Convicted
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
The Penthouse
The Little Minister
National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles
A Play Entitled Sehnsucht
L'Amour fou
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Hedda Gabler
Who Am I This Time?
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The Baby of Mâcon
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1993
Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the Church exacts a terrible revenge.Besos perdidos
IMDB 5 | Aug , 1945
A man thinks he is not the father of his presumed daughter.Where We Disappear
IMDB 5.8 | Jul , 2019
A story of survival about a woman's first night in a Soviet prison camp. After committing a crime to protect her son, Anastasia is sentenced to 12 years in a Soviet prison camp. Her arrival upsets the balance between the inmates. In a night of backstabbing and shifting alliances, she must find a way to escape and discover the hidden truth of her survival.Phoebe in Wonderland
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 2008
The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.National Theatre Live: Medea
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2014
Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.The Rainmaker
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 1982
Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.Shirin
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 2009
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.Shimmer
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1993
The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.Anonymous
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2011
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.Reckless Serenade
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2014
Seeking quite in the park, a young songwriter runs into three familiar strangers with some bad news.Convicted
IMDB 4.2 | Nov , 1931
A criminologist investigates the murder of a Broadway producer on an ocean liner.Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2002
When Madea gets sick, her family comes to her aid. What they don't realize is that they're the ones who need her help. As always, Madea's cockeyed outlook on life saves the day and guarantees side-splitting laughs along the way.The Penthouse
IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 1967
A married man and his young mistress suffer sadistic torture when Tom, Dick and Harry invade their penthouse.The Little Minister
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1975
In rural 1840's Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems. And they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and worst of all, Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 2018
For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling. Follow along as we leap from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day.A Play Entitled Sehnsucht
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2012
A hypnotic play going inside the mind of a mental astronomerL'Amour fou
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1969
A troubled marriage is tested by the couple's involvement in a theatrical production of Racine’s Andromaque.National Theatre Live: Everyman
IMDB 1 | Jul , 2015
Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out. One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.Hedda Gabler
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1978
Jan Decorte's second feature film is an adaptation of the play Hedda Gabler by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Decorte moved the locus of action of Ibsen's realistic play from 1890 to 1950, twenty-eight years earlier than when the film was shot. The story begins when Hedda returns home from an overly long honeymoon with her newly wed but colourless husband Tesman. She is pregnant and will be courted by the writer Eljert Lövbor, an old lover who is about to break through with an exceptional novel of autobiographical quality [Avila].Who Am I This Time?
IMDB 7.4 | Feb , 1982
Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on stage. Helene is new in town, a lonely itinerant telephone company employee. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella to Harry's Stanley when the theater group performs A Streetcar Named Desire. Before anyone realizes the growing affection between Helene and Stanley, she falls deeply in love with the sexy brute, not knowing what the real man is like.