Power and Glory

Summary

1963 ABC Television production for ITV of Power and Glory by Karel apek.

Theatre play

Power and Glory by Karel apek [more information]

Play synopsis

Five million people have died from the White Death and another twelve million are infected. Dr Galen comes forward with a cure, but it comes with a condition. The world’s rulers must come to an enduring peace . . . but the warmongers are not ready to give up their arms.

Production history

Dated to 1938.

Date of transmission

Sunday 14 April 1963

Time

9.35-10.35pm

Series

Armchair Theatre

Channel

ITV

Production company

ABC Television (1955-1968)

Credits

Director

Jonathan Alwyn

Producer

Leonard White

Playwright

Karel apek

Translator

Ralph Neale

Translator

Paul Selver

Sets / Settings

Assheton Gorton

Cast

Paul Bacon	Military Attache
Alfred Burke	Baron Sterne
Gerald Cross	Professor
Anthony Cundell	Reporter
Paul Daneman	Dr Galen
Alan Edwards	Official
Edwin Finn	Patient
Vincent Harding	Adjutant
Edward Kelsey	Mob Leader
Alfred Marks	The Marshal
John Matthews	Reporter
Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010)	Anetta
Rex Robinson	Man in Crowd
Gerald Sim	Journalist
Job Stewart	Paul
Philip Stone	General Branka
Daniel Thorndike	Foreign Minister
Mavis Walker	Secretary

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

medical drama; politics

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 12 April 1963 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, pp. 14-15; listing, p. 21