The Father
- Summary
- 1985 BBC production of The Father by August Strindberg, with Dorothy Tutin playing opposite her daughter who, in the role of Laura, was playing the role that her own mother had played in the 1968 ATV production of the play.
- Theatre play
- The Father [Fadren] by August Strindberg (1849-1912) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 22 September 1985
- Time
- 8.35-10.35pm
- Series
- Theatre Night
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Kenneth Ives
- Producer
- Louis Marks
- Lighting
- Clive Thomas
- Playwright
- August Strindberg (1849-1912)
- Translator
- Michael Meyer
- Composer
- Derek Bourgeois
- Designer
- Tim Harvey
- Introduced by
- Colin Blakely
- Script Editor
- Stuart Griffiths
- Cast
Colin Blakely The Captain John Cording Nojd Edward Fox Doctor John Grantham Batman Irene Handl (1901-1987) Nurse Robert Lang Pastor Dorothy Tutin Laura Amanda Waring Bertha
Additional details
- Play tags
- 19th-century setting; Swedish drama; tragedy
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- The Father (BBC, 1985)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 19 September 1985 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, with image, p. 16; listing, p. 42
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