Salvador

Summary: BBC production, transmitted from the Welsh television studio, of Salvador, an English translation and retitling of Ar Ddu a Gwyn [On Black and White] by Huw Edwards, which had been produced in Welsh the previous year by the BBC’s Welsh television unit.
Theatre play: On Black and White [Welsh: Ar Ddu a Gwyn] by Huw Lloyd Edwards [more information]
Play synopsis: The action of the play, which demonstrates the injustice of racial intolerance, takes place in and around Jan Botha’s house near a small town in the gold-mining district of South Africa.
Production history: The play Ar Ddu a Gwyn [On Black and White] premiered at the Royal Welsh Eisteddfod in 1956. In the same year it was produced by the BBC Welsh Television Unit (Programme ID 325). Subsequently it was translated into English, renamed Salvador, and produced on BBC Television (Programme ID 324).
Date of transmission: Tuesday 7 May 1957
Time: 8.40pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC Wales

Producer

Dafydd Gruffydd

Playwright

Huw Lloyd Edwards

Adaptor of Script

Philip Guard

Designer

Stephen Taylor

Cast

Title: Salvador (Audience Research Report)
Archive: BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
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Reference: Report reference VR/57/256, held in file R9/7/28

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