The Corn is Green

Summary

1968 BBC production of The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams.

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 14 April 1968

Time

9.20-10.55pm

Series

Play of the Month

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Philip Dudley

Producer

Cedric Messina

Lighting

Jim Richards

Playwright

Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)

Adapted for Television by

Harry Green

Designer

Mary Rea

Costumes

Sheila Glassford

Cast

Stephan Badman	Robbart Robbatch
Stephanie Bidmead	Miss Ronberry
Mona Bruce	Mrs Watty
John Clevedon	Groom
Ronald Fraser	Squire Sedgefield
Wendy Hiller	Miss Moffat
Glyn Houston	Mr John Goronwy Jones
Clive Jenkins	Idwal Morris
Clay Jones	John Owen
Gary Meredith	Glyn Thomas
Patricia Mort	Sarah Pugh
John Ogwen	Morgan Evans
Glyn Owen	Old Tom
Adrienne Posta	Bessie Watty
Dyfed Thomas	Will Hughes

Additional details

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, 11 April 1968 (Magazine)

Linking notes

cover image; article with illustration, p. 28; listing, with article and image, p. 12