The Corn is Green
- Summary
- 1946 BBC live studio production of Emlyn Williams’ drama The Corn is Green.
- Theatre play
- The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams (1905-1987) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 15 September 1946
- Time
- 8.30-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- John Glyn-Jones
- Playwright
- Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)
- Choir Directed by
- Kenneth Thomas (St David’s Singers)
- Cast
Cyril Anthony John Owen Richard Burton Morgan Evans D. A. Clarke-Smith The Squire Eric Davies Robbart Robbatch Kenneth Evans John Goronwy Jones Judith Fellows Miss Ronberry Joan Hickson Bessie Watty Emrys James The Groom Jean Jones Schoolgirl Russell Jones Idwal Morris Dorothy Langley Sarah Pugh Emrys Lewis Will Hughes Michael Martin-Harvey Old Tom Mary Newcombe Miss Moffat Tom Seyes Glyn Thomas Marie Thomas Schoolgirl
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 20 September 1946.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- schools, as theme or setting; universities, as theme or setting; Welsh drama
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 13 September 1946 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 25 and article by Stephen Williams, ‘The Corn is Green’, p. 27
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