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]

Play synopsis

The English spinster Miss Moffat starts a school in a Welsh village for those who work in the local mine. Her star pupil is Morgan Evans whom she trains up for an Oxford scholarship.

Production history

First staged in 1938.

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