The Lie by Alan Bridges
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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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Cast
Gemma Jones as Anna Firth
Frank Finlay as Andrew Firth
John Carson as Ellis Anderson
Mark Dignam as Anna's father
Annette Crosbie as Katherine
Joss Ackland as Albert
Caroline Blakiston as Esther
Adam Tandy as Henry
Lysandre De La Haye as Veronica
Patricia Lawrence as Housekeeper
Jennifer Daniel as Jill Anderson
Gwen Cherrell as Mrs. Chisholm (Andrew's secretary)
John Nettleton as Mr Arnold
Alan Rothwell as Fisher
Richard O'Sullivan as Whiteley
Donald Douglas as Macleod
Noel Coleman as Dr. Ernest Farman
Liane Aukin as Margaret Farman
Terence Bayler as Stephen Calman
Donna Reading as Petra Calman
John Carlin as Sir James Brenton
Shirley Cain as Lady Emma Brenton
Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Frederick St. John
Joan Newell as Jane St. John
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