A Quiet Man

Summary

BBC production of A Quiet Man, translated from Welsh and presented from the BBC’s Welsh television studio.

Theatre play

A Quiet Man by John Gwilym Jones (1914-1988) [more information]

Play synopsis

The action takes place in North Wales in the summer of 1956 and centres on the conflict between three generations of a Welsh family upon on the return of the prodigal son who confesses to an affair five years earlier with his disabled brother’s wife.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 20 January 1959

Time

8.30pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Emyr Humphreys

Playwright

John Gwilym Jones (1914-1988)

Adaptor of Script

Emyr Humphreys

Translator

Elwyn Thomas (from Welsh)

Designer

Stuart Walker

Cast

Richard Bebb	Robin
Hugh David	Pyrs
Meredith Edwards	Richard Gruffydd
Nesta Harris	Martha
Joy Leaman	Beti
Alun Owen	Glyn
Gillian Owen	Sidi
Siân Phillips	Megan
Henley Thomas	Edgar
Rachel Thomas	Mrs Lewis

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

adultery / infidelity; Wales, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

A Quiet Man (Website)

Reference

http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7ee13a7c (accessed 13 November 2013)

Title

Radio Times, 16 January 1959 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing with photograph on p. 11

Title

The Education of Mr Surrage (Newspaper review)

Reference

The Times, 21 January 1959, p. 4