Home of the Brave

Summary: Granada Television production for ITV of Home of the Brave by Arthur Laurents. The protagonist in this production is black, and concerned about how this may make him ' "different" from his comrades’ (as the TV Times of 15 February 1957, p. 19, puts it); in the original stage play he is Jewish.
Theatre play: Home of the Brave by Arthur Laurents [more information]
Play synopsis: 'A Jewish soldier is part of a five man squad sent behind the Japanese lines during World War II where the traumatic events of battle trigger a psychosomatic paralysis. The play is presented as a flashback during treatment in a battlefield hospital.' Source: http://www.americancentury.org/reviews_hb.htm.
Production history: Dated to 1946.
Date of transmission: Wednesday 20 February 1957
Time: 8.00-9.30pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Granada Television (1956-)

Director

Silvio Narizzano

Producer

Silvio Narizzano

Playwright

Arthur Laurents

Adapted for Television by

Stanley Mann

Cast

Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: America, as theme or setting; Japan, as theme or setting; Judaism; race relations; wartime, as theme or setting

Title: Cold That Was Really Comfort: Lively End to the Toddlers’ Truce (Newspaper review)
Author/creator: Bernard Levin (Reviewer)
Reference: The Manchester Guardian, 23 February 1957, p. 5

Title: Plays for the Millions: The First 75. A Cross Index of Granada TV Play Productions (Book)
Reference: Published by Granada TV Network, 1960

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