Strife

Summary: 1988 BBC production of Strife by John Galsworthy.
Theatre play: Strife by John Galsworthy (1867-1933) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The strike at the Trenartha Tin Plate Works had lasted so long without any sign of a settlement that the directors had begun to fear for their dividends. They had all gathered at the Underwood home at the request of the workers, and at first there was some talk of compromise. Facing them, however, was the stern figure of the chairman of the board, seventy-five-year-old John Anthony, who refused to consider any plan for compromise. [...] The other directors were a little uneasy under his stern refusal. In his report Underwood, the plant manager, had made no attempt to disguise the terrible suffering of the striking workers and their families. The directors were also aware that if the strike lasted much longer their stockholders would begin to protest strongly.' Source: http://www.enotes.com/topics/strife.
Production history: Dated to 1909.
Date of transmission: Sunday 12 June 1988
Time: 8.10-10.15pm
Series: Theatre Night
Channel: BBC2
Production company: BBC

Credits

Director

Michael Darlow

Producer

Shaun Sutton

Lighting Director

Alan Horne

Lighting

John Mason (specifically, ‘O.B. Lighting’)

Camera Supervisor

Ron Green

Cameraman

Paul Harding (specifically, ‘O.B. Camera’)

Playwright

John Galsworthy (1867-1933)

Composer

Conductor

Designer

Properties Buyer

Costume Designer

Make-up Supervisor

Dawn Alcock

Sound

Les Mowbray (specifically, ‘O.B. Sound’)

Sound Supervisor

Ray Angel

Videotape Editor

Dave Jones

Technical Co-ordinator

Derek Martin

Assistant Floor Manager

Sally Davies

Assistant Floor Manager

Peter Miller

Production Assistant

Jill Reeves

Production Manager

Alan Charlesworth

Vision Supervisor

Barry Milne

Vision Mixer

Shirley Coward

Script Editor

Stuart Griffiths

Production Associate

Fraser Lowden

Cast

Roger Alborough	George Rous
Elizabeth Anstee	Parlourmaid
Bernard Archard	Frederic Wilder
Gareth Brock	Jan Thomas
Kate Buffery	Enid Underwood
Andrew Burt	Simon Harness
Anna Calder-Marshall	Annie Roberts
Elspeth Charlton	Mrs Bulgin
Trevor Cooper	John Bulgin
Kate David	Mrs Yeo
Stanley Davies	Davies
James Duggan	Brown
Tenniel Evans	Henry Thomas
Alan Granton	Second Bargeman
Geoff Hannan	First Bargeman
Davyd Harries	Henry Rous
Julian Harries	Blacksmith
Myles Hoyle	Francis Underwood
Howard Lew Lewis	William Scantlebury
George Little	Jago
Bill Monks	James Green
John Nettleton	Oliver Wanklin
Brian Portsmouth	Evans
Hu Pryce	Lewis
Oscar Quitak	Henry Tench
Mari Rowland-Hughes	Madge Thomas
Shaun Scott	Edgar Anthony
Patsy Smart	Mrs Rous
Owen Teale	Youth
Peter Vaughan	John Anthony
Timothy West	David Roberts
John Woodnutt	Frost

Additional details

Notes: The cast and credits is taken from the extant recording of this production in the BBC archives, and not the Radio Times.
Play tags: Edwardian drama; strikes / industrial action

Audiovisual sources

Title: Strife (BBC, 1988)
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Print sources

Title: 'Classics on TV: Edwardian Drama on the Small Screen’, a BFI Southbank season + Screen Plays symposium, May 2014 (Blog article)
Author/creator: John Wyver (Author)
Reference: http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/edwardian-drama-on-the-small-screen, published 24 March 2014

Title: Radio Times, 9 June 1988 (Magazine)
Linking notes: articles, pp. 3 and 25; listing, p. 41; plus poem ‘Echoes of Before’ on p. 97

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