Learning on ScreenThe Corn is Green
- Summary
- BBC Television production of Emlyn Williams’ play The Corn is Green.
- Theatre play
- The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams (1905-1987) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 22 January 1956
- Time
- 8.30pm (90 mins)
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- David J. Thomas
- Producer
- Douglas Allen
- Playwright
- Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)
- Designer
- Richard Wilmot
- Cast
Emrys Cleaver Old Tom Hugh David Morgan Evans Dilys Davies Sarah Pugh Eynon Evans Mr John Goronwy Jones Gareth Hughes Idwal Morris Hubert Hughson John Owen Glanffrwd James Robbart Roberts Megan Latimer Mrs Watty Gillian Lind Miss Ronberry Tom Macaulay The Squire Dillwyn Owen Will Hughes Flora Robson (1902-1984) Miss Moffat Billie Whitelaw Bessie Watty Cynddylan Williams Glyn Thomas
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- schools, as theme or setting; universities, as theme or setting; Welsh drama
Print sources
- Title
- A Good TV Play: The Corn is Green (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 23 January 1956, p. 5
- Title
- Radio Times, 20 January 1956 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing and illustrated article on pp. 14-15
- Title
- Seen Any Glamazons? (Magazine review)
- Author/creator
- Philip Hope-Wallace (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Listener, 26 January 1956, p. 155
- Linking notes
- with b&w image of a scene from the production
- Title
- Welsh TV Reflects National Gift for Drama: Memorable Plays and Outside Broadcasts (Newspaper article)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 6 August 1957, p. 2
- Linking notes
- passing mention of the production
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