Brand (1959)
Brand's a bleak and desolate play that challenges the notion of a stern and stoic faith in the will of God. The title character is a pastor who returns to his ancestral home to find the villagers on the verge of starvation. He believes ministering to these poor people to be his calling. Over the course of the play, however, he faces many difficult choices. The decisions he makes, based on his stark and idealistic view of morality, have dire consequences for all the people he touches and, ultimately, for his own embattled soul.
Director: Michael Elliott
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Patrick McGoohan as Brand |
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Dilys Hamlett as Agnes |
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James Maxwell as Ejnar |
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Patrick Wymark as Mayor |
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Peter Sallis as Doctor & Provost |
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Olive McFarland as Gerd |
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Enid Lorimer as Brand's Mother |
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Fulton Mackay as Villager |
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Joby Blanshard as Guide |
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William McLaughlin as Guide's son |
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June Bailey as Woman from the Headland |
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Anita Giorgi as Gypsy woman |
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Paul Bailey as Villager |
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Howard Baker as Villager |
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Leonard Davies as Villager |
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Harald Jensen as Villager |
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Patrick Kavanagh as Villager |
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Jocelyn Page as Villager |
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Roy Spence as Villager |
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John Sterland as Villager |
| Writing | Henrik Ibsen | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Negri | Costume Design |
| Production | Michael Elliott | Producer |
| Directing | Michael Elliott | Director |
| Art | Gordon Roland | Production Design |
| Writing | Michael Meyer | Adaptation |
| Crew | Michael Meyer | Translator |