A Choice of Weapons

Summary: 1962 Granada Television production for ITV of A Choice of Weapons by Jane McClure.
Theatre play: A Choice of Weapons by Jane McClure [more information]
Play synopsis: 'How much should young people in Germany today be held responsible for the actions of their parents’ generation? [...] The Hoffers live in Frankfurt, West Germany, an ordinary family in an ordinary house. Why, then, is Emma terrified when the telephone rings? And why will she allow nothing to be changed or replaced in the house?' (TV Times, 28 September 1962, pp. 19 and 45).
Production history: 'McClure originally wrote A Choice of Weapons as a novel, then turned it into her first play’, which was adapted for television by John Wade Geary (TV Times, 28 September 1962, pp. 19 and 45). Details of the play’s stage life has yet to be ascertained.
Date of transmission: Friday 5 October 1962
Time: 9.45-10.45pm
Series: Television Playhouse
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)