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The Father

on BBC Television

by August Strindberg.
Translated by Peter Watts.
Starring Robert Shaw, Daphne Slater
with Denis Quilley, Wynne Clark

A dramatic struggle for power is embodied in The Father, the most famous of Strindberg's plays about the war between man and woman.

Contributors

Author:
August Strindberg
Translated by:
Peter Watts
Music arranged by:
Wilfred Josephs
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Alan Bridges
The Captain:
Robert Shaw
The Pastor:
John Moore
Svard:
Philip Howard
Nojd:
Peter Jesson
Laura:
Daphne Slater
The Grandmother:
Kathleen Saintsbury
Dr Ostermark:
Denis Quilley
Old Margret:
Wynne Clark
Bertha:
Michele Dotrice

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