by Ingmar Bergman
Translated by Paul Britten Austin
with Frank Finlay as Andrew Firth, Gemma Jones as Anna Firth, John Carson as Ellis Anderson, Mark Dignam as Anna's Father, Annette Crosbie as Katherine, Caroline Blakiston as Esther and Joss Ackland as Albert

The smooth surface of a marriage cracks into violence in this first British television play by Sweden's best-known film director-writer.

"This is marriage with the lid off ...quite outside the conventional range of TV drama" (Daily Express)
"...superlatively played by Frank Finlay and Gemma Jones and a positive galaxy of distinguished players in tiny parts... admiration and enjoyment came together most exceptionally" (Sunday Times)
"...very disturbing play, and a very good one... a play of real substance and private insights" (The Guardian)
Winner of the SFTA award for best drama production of 1970.
(Radio Times People: page 4)