The Wednesday Play Mad Jack (Season 9, Episode 16)
TV Episode | 75 min | Drama

The Wednesday Play

Mad Jack (Season 9, Episode 16)

TV Episode | 75 min | Drama

Second Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers protests the appalling and unnecessary sacrifice of men's lives in the First World War.

Director

Jack Gold

Writer

Tom Clarke

Producer

Graeme MacDonald (as Graeme McDonald)

Composer

Carl Davis

Editor

Dan Rae

Production Designer

John Cooper

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 4, 1970

Release date

Apr 15, 1971 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

7 wins & 7 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Jayston Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon See fewer	Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Michael Pennington Geoffrey Cromlech Geoffrey Cromlech See fewer	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
David Wood Ormand Ormand See fewer	Huntingtower (1978)
Clive Swift Adjutant Adjutant See fewer	Excalibur (1981)
Charles Lewsen Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell See fewer	Evita (1996)
Anna Barry Lady Ottoline Morrell Lady Ottoline Morrell See fewer	Your Highness (2011)
John Boxer Hugh Massingham Hugh Massingham See fewer	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Jonathan Cecil Lytton Strachey Lytton Strachey See fewer	History of the World: Part I (1981)
Roger Ostime Barton Barton See fewer	The Baker Street Boys (1983)
Donald Sumpter Wilmot Wilmot See fewer	In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Barry Savage Mansfield Mansfield See fewer	Then and Now (1973)
Ann Beach Music Hall Artiste Music Hall Artiste See fewer	Notting Hill (1999)
James Cossins Col. Jones-Williams Col. Jones-Williams See fewer	The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Ben Aris Jenkins Jenkins See fewer	Get Carter (1971)
Peter Gale Phelps Phelps See fewer	Empire of the Sun (1987)
Arnold Diamond Lees Smith Lees Smith See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Ambrose Coghill Minister Minister See fewer	Doctor Faustus (1967)
Clifford Cox Sergeant Sergeant See fewer	Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
Adrian Reynolds Orderly Orderly See fewer	The Newcomers (1965)
Frank Sieman Man in Corridor Man in Corridor See fewer	The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
Sheila Raynor Chambermaid Chambermaid See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Royston Tickner Porter Porter See fewer	Just Good Friends (1983)