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The Kingdom of God

Summary
1947 BBC live studio production of The Kingdom of God by Gregorio Martínez Sierra.
Theatre play
The Kingdom of God [El reino de Dios] by Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881-1947) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 13 April 1947
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)
Playwright
Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881-1947)
Sets / Settings
James Bould
Cast
Dorothy BlackSister Manuela
Maria BritnevaEngracia
Flora BrittenSister Juliana
E. Martin Browne (1900-1980)Don Lorenzo
Sylvia BunceChild
Edric ConnorLiborio
Frank FosterTrajano
Jennifer GrayCecilia
Pearl KatzQuica
James KenneyFilipe
Helen LacyThe Innocent
Patricia LaffanCandelas
Fred MarshallMorenito
Chris [or Christopher] McMasterVicente
Edna MorrisSister Dionesia
Graeme MuirEnrique
Barbara MullenSister Gracia
Tilsa PagePaquita
Henzie RaeburnSister Feliciana
Charles RennisonJuan de Dois
Ruth RobinsonSister Christina
Jean RolfeDumb Girl; Child
John ScottLorenza
Ronald SidneyPolicarpo
Irmgard SpolianskyLulu / Child
Mary StaleyChild
Valerie SummercornChild
Margot van der BurghMargarita
Netta WestcottMaria Isobel

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
Christianity; religion, as theme or subject; Spanish drama

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 11 April 1947 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 23; brief article, p. 7; listing, p. 11

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