The Coventry Nativity Play (1947)

UK, 24 December
45m
broadcast live, black and white, 4:3
mono, English

A British religious fantasy television special.

Credits

Crew
Director: Spencer Campbell
BBC
Produced by: Douglas Allen
Adapted by: Douglas Allen
Settings by: Barry Learoyd
Movement Arranged by: Charlotte Bidmead

Cast
Joseph O'Connor (Gabriel)
Joanna Horder (Mary)
John Boxer (Joseph)
James Viccars (first shepherd)
Julian Somers (second shepherd)
Geoffrey Wilkinson (third shepherd)
Robert Rietty (Herod's herald)
Alan Wheatley (Herod)
George Howe (Jasper, King of Taurus)
Oliver Burt (Balthasar, King of Araby)
Richard Pearson (Melchior, King of Aginara)
Lalage Lewis (first woman)
Anne Stapleton (second woman)
Rosamund Greenwood (third woman)
Victor Adams (first soldier)
Stanley Lawson (second soldier)