The Wind of Heaven

Summary

1947 BBC live studio production of Emlyn Williams’ drama The Wind of Heaven.

Theatre play

The Wind of Heaven by Emlyn Williams (1905-1987) [more information]

Play synopsis

Set in a Welsh village after the Crimean War, this controversial play tells of the coming of the new Messiah and the impact on the village and its people.

Production history

Premiered at the St James’ Theatre, London in 1945.

Date of transmission

Thursday 18 September 1947

Time

8.30-10.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Harold Clayton

Playwright

Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)

Cast

Nuna Davey	Bet
Desmond D’Arcy	Gwynn
Dorothy Edwards	Menna
Basil Langton	Ambrose Ellis
Herbert Lomas	Evan Howell
Marjorie Mars	Dilys Parry
Ellen Pollock	Mrs Lake
Gerald Pring	Pitter

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 19 September 1947.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; Christianity; Wales, as theme or setting; Welsh drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 12 September 1947 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 32; article by Harold Hobson, ‘The Wind of Heaven’, p. 30