The Wesker Trilogy: I'm Talking About Jerusalem

Writer: Arnold Wesker
Produced By Charles Lefeaux

First Broadcast: Mon 16th Apr 1962
BBC Home Service Basic





  • Ronnie Kahn, Sarah's son . . . . . . . . . David Saire
    Dave Simmonds, Ada's husband . . . . . . . . . Mark Eden
    Sarah Kahn . . . . . . . . . Miraiam Karlin
    Ada Simmonds, Sarah's daughter . . . . . . . . . Sheila Allen
    Colonel Dewhurst, Dave's employer . . . . . . . . . Peter Claughton
    Libby Dobson, Dave's wartime friend . . . . . . . . . Frank Finlay
    Sammy, Dave's apprentice . . . . . . . . . Stewart Guidotti
    Ronnie and Ada's aunts:
    Esther Kahn . . . . . . . . . Jessie Robins
    Cissie Kahn . . . . . . . . . Marjorie Westbury

    The action takes place between 1946 and 1959 at Ada and Dave Simmonds' house in Norfolk.

    The Wesker Trilogy was first performed at The Royal Court Theatre in 1960. Frank was part of these productions, as well as being in the original production of the first part of the trilogy - Chicken Soup With Barley.

    Frank would work later work with Sheila Allen in the ground breaking TV hit of the 1970's Bouquet of Barbed Wire and it's sequal Another Bouquet