The Wednesday Play Sovereign's Company (Season 9, Episode 23)
TV Episode | 78 min | Drama

The Wednesday Play

Sovereign's Company (Season 9, Episode 23)

TV Episode | 78 min | Drama

A young man from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction goes to a military academy as an officer cadet and finds himself temperamentally unsuited to the life.

Director

Alan Clarke

Writer

Don Shaw

Producer

Irene Shubik

Cinematographer

Peter Hall (film cameraman)

Editor

Brian Keene

Production Designer

Colin Pigott

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 22, 1970

Release date

Apr 22, 1970 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

7 wins & 7 nominations

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Roland Culver General Cantfield General Cantfield See fewer	Thunderball (1965)
Gareth Forwood Cantfield Cantfield See fewer	Gandhi (1982)
James Cosmo Senior Under Officer Patterson Senior Under Officer Patterson See fewer	Braveheart (1995)
Stephen Sheppard Junior Under Officer Sanders Junior Under Officer Sanders See fewer	Canterbury Tales (1969)
Clive Francis Dexter Dexter See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
James Hazeldine Dawkins Dawkins See fewer	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Oliver Cotton Sender Sender See fewer	Shanghai Knights (2003)
Larry Dann Hurt Hurt See fewer	The Bill (1984)
David Rowlands Dankworth-Lowe Dankworth-Lowe See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
John Wentworth General Decamps General Decamps See fewer	The Main Chance (1969)
Laurence Hardy Colonel Frayne Colonel Frayne See fewer	The Black Arrow (1958)
Moray Watson Major Hacker Major Hacker See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
John Nettleton Major Grace Major Grace See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Graham Lines Captain Lawrence Captain Lawrence See fewer	The Tomorrow People (1973)
Raymond Adamson RSM Power RSM Power See fewer	The Orchard End Murder (1981)
Lewis Wilson CSM Larch CSM Larch See fewer	Z Cars (1962)
Norman Mann Sergeant Liman Sergeant Liman See fewer	The Life and Death of King Richard II (1960)
Norman Mitchell Mr. Dawkins Mr. Dawkins See fewer	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Margaret Lang Mrs. Dawkins Mrs. Dawkins See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Christopher Cunningham Chauffeur Chauffeur See fewer	Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Ron Conrad Youth Youth See fewer	The Wednesday Play (1964)
Stephen Carter Nigerian Cadet Nigerian Cadet See fewer	The Wednesday Play (1964)
Laurie Goode Cadet (uncredited) Cadet (uncredited) See fewer	Oliver's Travels (1995)
Colin Haigh Cadet (uncredited) Cadet (uncredited) See fewer	Hamlet (2015)
Mark Kirby Cadet (uncredited) Cadet (uncredited) See fewer	I Remember Nelson (1982)
Peter Kodak Cadet (uncredited) Cadet (uncredited) See fewer	Walk Into the Dark (1972)