The Threatening Storm

Summary

1961 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of The Threatening Storm, an English translation of the German melodrama by Hermann Sudermann.

Theatre play

The Threatening Storm by Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928) [more information]

Play synopsis

A 19th-century melodrama set in the Bavarian home of schoolmaster George Wiedman. Elizabeth, his wife, is a proud woman with aristocratic connections. A storm blows up outside the house. The Baron and his wife arrive and request to stay overnight. Soon, a stormy triangle blows up inside the house.

Production history

Written c. 1890.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 4 January 1961

Time

9.35-11.05pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Credits

Director

Robert Tronson

Playwright

Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928)

Translator

Basil Ashmore

Designer

John Clements (1910-1988)

Cast

Gareth Davies	Herr Eisler
Robert James	Dr Orb
Richard Pearson	George Wiedman
Prudence Potter	Rosa
Shirley Thieman	Baroness Rochnitz
Gwen[doline] Watford	Elizabeth Wiedman
Katy Wild	Helene Wiedman
Edgar Wreford	Baron Rochnitz

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

19th-century setting; German drama; Germany, as theme or setting; melodrama

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 31 March 1961 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 15; illustrated listing, p. 27