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Play for Today: The Largest Theatre in the World: The Lie

on BBC One London

by Ingmar Bergman
Translated by Paul Britten Austin

The smooth surface of a marriage cracks into violence in this first British television play by Sweden's best-known film director-writer.
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
(Bergman's debut on British TV: page 4)

Contributors

Author:
Ingmar Bergman
Translated by:
Paul Britten Austin
Script Editor:
Ann Scott
Music:
Marc Wilkinson
Film Cameraman:
Brian Tufano
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Graeme McDonald
Director:
Alan Bridges
Andrew Firth:
Frank Finlay
Anna Firth:
Gemma Jones
Ellis Anderson:
John Carson
Anna's father:
Mark Dignam
Katherine:
Annette Crosbie
Esther:
Caroline Blakiston
Albert:
Joss Ackland
Henry:
Adam Tandy
Veronica:
Lysandre de la Hay
Housekeeper:
Patricia Lawrence
Andrew's secretary:
Gwen Cherrell
Mr Arnold:
John Nettleton
Fisher:
Alan Rothwell
Whiteley:
Richard O'Sullivan
Macleod:
Donald Douglas
Ministry official:
Richard Burrell
Ministry official:
Alan Rowe
Ministry official:
Robert Sansom
Ministry official:
Tony Wright
Frederick St John:
Ronald Leigh Hunt
Jane St John:
Joan Newell
Jill Anderson:
Jennifer Daniel
Dr Ernest Farman:
Noel Coleman
Margaret Farman:
Liane Aukin
Stephen Calman:
Terence Bayler
Petra Calman:
Donna Reading
Sir James Brenton:
John Carson
Lady Emma Brenton:
Shirley Cain
Daughter:
Caroline Weller
Daughter:
Susan Porter

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