Festival Season 1, Episode 7: Home of the Brave

H.M.S. Pinafore

A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.

Colombe

The Old Ladies

Peking Opera

Julius Caesar

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.

Ring Around the Moon

Twin brothers with very different personalities are in conflict over the love of a less than worthy woman. One brother comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

When a fortune-teller informs Lord Arthur that he's soon to commit a murder, he elects to do it as soon as possible, to get it out of the way before his impending marriage.

Elektra

The Subject Is Beethoven

The Three Sisters

Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching but secretly longs for a home and family. Masha, unhappy with her marriage to a timid schoolmaster, falls hopelessly in love with a married colonel. Irina works in the local telegraph office but longs for gaiety. Their sense of futility is increased by their brother's marriage to Natasha, a coarse peasant girl. She gradually encroaches on the family home until even the private refuge of the sisters is destroyed. They dream of starting a new life in Moscow but are saddled with the practicalities of their quiet existence. Despite their past failures, they resolve to seek some purpose and hope when the army post is withdrawn from the town.

Night Must Fall

A charming handyman beguiles an old lady and her niece - who don't realize he's a murderer.