The Shadow of Mart

Summary

1963 BBC production of The Shadow of Mart by Stig Dagerman. This was the first British television production of a work by this Swedish playwright.

Theatre play

The Shadow of Mart [Skuggan av Mart] by Stig Dagerman (1923-1954) [more information]

Play synopsis

A Swedish play in which Mart is the elder brother who died a hero fighting in the Resistance. Gabriel survived, and he lives with his mother in a small Paris apartment. He is never allowed to forget his brother’s bravery or his own cowardice during the war. He is determined to escape the endless humiliation.

Production history

First staged in 1948.

Date of transmission

Sunday 14 July 1963

Time

9.00-9.45pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Waris Hussein

Producer

John Elliot

Playwright

Stig Dagerman (1923-1954)

Adapted for Television by

Rosemary Hill

Designer

Tony Abbott

Cast

Mark Eden	Victor
Joan Miller (1910-1988)	Madame Angelica
David Saire	Gabriel
Catherine Woodville	Thérèse

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

France, as theme or setting; Second World War, as theme or setting; Swedish drama; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 18 July 1963 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 13; listing, p. 15