Judgement Day

Summary

1960 BBC production of Judgement Day by Elmer Rice.

Theatre play

Judgement Day by Elmer Rice (1892-1967) [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in the 1930s. Three people are accused of the attempted assassination of the President of a European country. This is the story of their trial and their spirited defence. The story is suggested by the Reichstag Fire Trial in Germany in 1933.

Production history

First produced at the Belasco Theatre in New York in 1934.

Date of transmission

Sunday 8 May 1960

Time

8.20-9.55pm

Series

Twentieth Century Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Elwyn Jones

Playwright

Elmer Rice (1892-1967)

Designer

Tony Abbott

Cast

Ronald Adam (1896-1979)	Slatarski
Bernard Archard	Vlora
Ralph Ball	Pekmesi
Freda Bamford	Madame Teodorova
Robert Bernal	President Vesnic
Bernard Brown	The Priest
John Carson	George Khitov
Adrienne Corri	Lydia Kuman
George Coulouris	Dr Bathroy
Gerald Cross	Tsankov
John Dowling	Captain Marek
Dudley Foster	Gherea
Graydon Gould	Conrad Noli
Diane Gray	Sonia Kuman
Walter Horsbrugh	Dr Stambulov
Neville Irons	Vidin
Nicholas Light	Lieutenant Nekludov
Neil McCarthy	Schneider
Alan [or Allan] McClelland	Dr Mensch
Isa Miranda	Madame Crevelli
Cyril Shaps	Bassaraba
John Slater	General Rakovski
Christopher Steele	Sturdza
Kenneth Warren	Srazhimir
Robert Webber	Murusi
John Westbrook	Dr Parvan

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

American drama; court-room drama; Germany, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 6 May 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, with image, p. 9; article, p. 4