The White Guard

Summary: 1960 BBC production of The White Guard by Michael Bulgakov.
Theatre play: The White Guard by Michael Bulgakov [more information]
Play synopsis: The play concerns ‘the fate of the Turbin family as the various armies of the Russian Civil War - the Whites, the Reds, the Imperial German Army, and Ukrainian nationalists - fight over the city of Kiev. Historical figures such as Pyotr Wrangel, Petlyura and Pavlo Skoropadsky appear as the Turbin family is caught up in the turbulent effects of the October Revolution.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Guard.
Production history: After the first two parts of The White Guard were published in serial form as a story, Bulgakov was invited to write a version for the stage. He called the play The Days of the Turbins and it was first produced at the Moscow Art Theatre, to great acclaim, in 1926 (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Guard). It opened in London at the Phoenix Theatre in October 1938.
Date of transmission: Sunday 31 January 1960
Time: 8.00-9.35pm
Series: Twentieth Century Theatre
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Rudolph Cartier

Playwright

Michael Bulgakov

Adapted for Television by

David Tutaev (more precisely, the Radio Times states ‘television version by’)

Translator

Rodney Ackland (1908-1991) (more precisely, the Radio Times states ‘English adaptation by’)

Musician

Delmondi (accordian)

Musician

Gregori Tcherniak ('Balalaika music arranged and played by’)

Designer

Norman James

Special Effects

Jack Kine

Special Effects

Bernard Wilkie

Cast

Play tags: Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting; Ukraine, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Title: The White Guard (BBC, 1960)
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