NET Playhouse · SEASON 1
Orpheus in the Underworld
Episode 29 · 1967-04-28
- Drama
- Family
Episode overview
Britain's Sadler's Wells Opera Company performs Offenbach's popular, light opera. According to Greek myth, the poet Orpheus played beautiful music and loved his wife Eurydice so much that. when she died, he went into the infernal regions to reclaim her life. In Offenbach's satiric treatment of the legend, Orpheus is such a bore and his music is so wretched that Eurydice is glad to go to hell. Orpheus, on the other hand, is equally happy to be rid of her.
Season 1 episodes
1. Ten Blocks on the Camino Real1966-10-07
2. The Journey of the Fifth Horse1966-10-14
3. The Star Wagon1966-10-21
4. L'Avventura1966-10-28
5. Victoria Regina, Part 1: Spring1966-11-04
6. Victoria Regina, Part 2: Summer1966-11-11
7. Victoria Regina, Part 3: Autumn1966-11-18
8. Victoria Regina, Part 4: Winter1966-11-25
9. An Enemy of the People1966-12-02
10. A Sleep of Prisoners1966-12-09
11. Ofoeti1966-12-16
12. The Play of Daniel1966-12-23
13. La Marmite1966-12-30
14. The Amorous Flea1967-01-06
15. A Comedy of Errors1967-01-13
16. La Mama Playwrights1967-01-20
17. The World of Carl Sandburg1967-01-27
18. Knife in the Water1967-02-03
19. Uncle Vanya1967-02-10
20. The Importance of Being Earnest1967-02-17
21. The World of Kurt Weill1967-02-24
22. Master of Santiago1967-03-03
23. The Battle of Culloden1967-03-10
24. Satire1967-03-17
25. The Old Glory: Benito Cereno1967-03-24
26. Past Intruding1967-03-30
27. Misalliance1967-04-07
28. Sponono1967-04-14
29. Orpheus in the Underworld1967-04-28
30. A Mother for Janek1967-05-05
31. Acquit or Hang!1967-05-12
32. Crime and Punishment1967-05-19
33. Ballet Gala1967-05-26
34. A Concert of Sacred Music1967-06-16
35. The Victorians, Part 1: The Rent Day1967-06-23
36. The Victorians, Part 2: London Assurance1967-06-30
37. The Victorians, Part 3: Society1967-07-07
38. The Victorians, Part 4: The Ticket-of-Leave Man1967-07-14
39. The Victorians, Part 5: Two Roses1967-07-21
40. The Victorians, Part 6: Still Waters Run Deep1967-07-28
41. The Victorians, Part 7: The Silver King1967-08-04
42. The Victorians, Part 8: Sweet Lavender1967-08-11
