The Corn is Green

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams, transmitted on St David’s Day.

Theatre play

The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams (1905-1987) [more information]

Play synopsis

The English spinster Miss Moffat starts a school in a Welsh village for those who work in the local mine. Her star pupil is Morgan Evans whom she trains up for an Oxford scholarship.

Production history

First staged in 1938.

Date of transmission

Saturday 1 March 1958

Time

9.30-11.00pm

Series

Saturday Playhouse

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

David J. Thomas

Playwright

Emlyn Williams (1905-1987)

Designer

George Djurkovic

Cast

Michael Browne	Will Hughes
Emrys Cleaver	Old Tom
Margaret Emma Davies	in an unnamed role
Eric Ellis	Glyn Thomas
John Glyn-Jones	Mr John Goronwy Jones
Gareth Hughes	Idwal Morris
Hubert Hughson	John Owen
Wendy Hutchinson	Bessie Watty
Glanffrwd James	Robbart Roberts
Christine John	in an unnamed role
Kate Jones	Sarah Pugh
Megan Latimer	Mrs Watty
Joan Miller (1910-1988)	Miss Moffat
Dilys Mary Perks	in an unnamed role
Charles Price	in an unnamed role
Maureen Pryor	Miss Ronberry
Llewellyn Rees	The Squire
Henley Thomas	Morgan Evans

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

Radio Times, 21 February 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article on p. 4 and listing on p. 23