Treason

Summary: 1959 BBC Television production of Treason by Saunders Lewis (an English translation of the Welsh play Brad), from the BBC’s Welsh television studio.
Theatre play: Treason [Brad] by Saunders Lewis (1893-1985) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Set in German-occupied France in 1944. The action and main story, which is about a plot among some high-ranking German officers to assassinate Hitler, are centred on the Military Governor’s Headquarters in Paris and the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the German Forces at La Roche-Guyon.' Source: http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7ef5aa2c.
Production history: It is believed that this was written as a play for the stage, but information on its stage life has not yet come to light. One review, at least, suggests that it may have been first performed on radio, but the fact that it was performed on radio in English and originally written in Welsh leaves the point of a stage premiere unresolved.
Date of transmission: Sunday 12 April 1959
Time: 8.00pm
Series: Sunday-Night Theatre
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Emyr Humphreys

Playwright

Saunders Lewis (1893-1985)

Adapted for Television by

Elwyn Jones

Translator

Elwyn Jones (from the Welsh)

Designer

Alan Taylor

Cast

Bernard Archard	General Heinrich con Stuelpnagel
Clifford Evans	Field-Marshall Gunther Hans von Kluge
Kenneth Griffith	General Karl Albrecht
Donald Houston	Colonel Caisar von Kahr
Walter Hudd	General von Neudeck
Siân Phillips	Countess Else von Dietlof
Alex Scott	Colonel Hans Otfried von Linstow

Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: France, as theme or setting; Germany, as theme or setting; Nazism; wartime, as theme or setting; Welsh drama

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