The Visitors

Summary: 1961 Granada Television production for ITV of the Russian play The Visitors by Leonid Zorin.
Theatre play: The Visitors by Leonid Zorin [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Zorin points to faults in the Soviet system. Using a story that contrasts three generations, he shows the decline of the early revolutionary ideals. His play attacks the fear of not following the party line. The story opens in the turmoil of a family reunion. Pyotr is a high official in the Ministry of Justice. He belongs to the new elite, with the special privileges - and the corruption - of exalted position. But he lives with fear nudging him on’ (TV Times, 15 December 1961, p. 10).
Production history: First staged in Moscow in 1954.
Date of transmission: Tuesday 19 December 1961
Time: 9.35-11.05pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)

Director

Vladek Sheybal

Playwright

Leonid Zorin

Adapted for Television by

William Slater

Translator

Michael Glenny

Designer

Darrell Lass

Cast

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