Glorious Morning

Summary

1960 BBC production of Glorious Morning by Norman Macowan.

Theatre play

Glorious Morning by Norman Macowan (1877-1961) [more information]

Play synopsis

A melodrama about a young girl whose homeland is ruled by a dictatorship and how a vision from God prompts her to fight the government.

Production history

Produced at the Duchess Theatre, London in May 1938, later transferring to the Whitehall.

Date of transmission

Sunday 10 April 1960

Time

8.00-9.30pm

Series

Twentieth Century Theatre

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Rudolph Cartier

Playwright

Norman Macowan (1877-1961)

Designer

Clifford Hatts

Cast

John Barrett	Nekell
Heinz Bernard	Duren
Douglas Blackwell	Leman
Marie Burke	Anna
David Fleming	Officer
Tom Fleming	Anton Veerkind
Alan Haywood	Wolf
Robert Hunter	Jacob Kllner
Gertan Klauber	Buloff
Albert Lieven	General Gunter
Eric Martin	First Soldier
Roy Pattison	Second Soldier
Laurence Payne	Professor Hans Falck
Jane Jordan Rogers	Leda
Kevin Stoney	Ryman
Eileen Way	Ruth
Annika Wills	Hoefler

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

politics; religion, as theme or subject

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 8 April 1960 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 9, with photograph