The Lie

Play for Today 29 October 1970 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Directed by Alan Bridges
Writers: Ingmar Bergman, Paul Britten Austin (translator)
1970

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in "The Largest Theatre in the World". This, the Radio Times explained, was "a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe". This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal

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• Frank Finlay ... Andrew
  Gemma Jones ... Anna
  John Carson ... Ellis
  Mark Dignam ... Anna's Father
  Annette Crosbie ... Catherine
  Caroline Blakiston ... Esther
  Joss Ackland ... Albert
  Adam Tandy ... Henry
  Lysandre De La Haye ... Veronica (as Lysandre de la Hey)
  Patricia Lawrence ... Mrs. Jameson, Housekeeper
  Gwen Cherrell ... Mrs. Chisholm - Andrew's Secretary
  John Nettleton ... Mr. Arnold
  Alan Rothwell ... Fisher
  Richard O'Sullivan ... Whiteley
  Donald Douglas ... James Mcleod
  

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