The Judge

Summary

1958 BBC Television production of The Judge, an English version of Søskende [Siblings] by Hans Christian Branner.

Theatre play

Siblings [Søskende] by Hans Christian Branner (1903-1966) [more information]

Play synopsis

This Danish play deals with a stern father’s destructive influence on his three children. The father is a judge whose illness brings the two brothers and sister together for the first time in many years, just a few years after the German occupation.

Production history

First performed in Copenhagen in 1951.

Date of transmission

Sunday 16 February 1958

Time

8.30-9.45pm

Series

Television World Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Campbell Logan

Playwright

Hans Christian Branner (1903-1966)

Translator

A. I. Roughton (from Danish to English)

Musician

Lionel Solomon (flute)

Designer

Fanny Taylor

Cast

Petra Davies	Sister Agnes
Denholm Elliott	Michael
Robert Harris	Arthur
Sidney Monckton	The Judge
Joyce Redman	Irene
Jack Rodney	The Undertaker

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

Danish drama

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 14 February 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, photograph and article on p. 9