Blood Red, Saffron Yellow

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T02103672788 (TRPLY01) Producer Theatre Royal Plymouth. Director Jennie Darnell. Design Matthew Wright. Lighting Jason Taylor. Performer Helen Batch. Performer Catherine Cusack. Performer Millie Gregory. Performer Pat Pearce. Performer Catherine Cusack. Performer Millie Gregory. Performer Pat Pearce. Performer Emily Pithon.
10 May 01 to 26 May 01	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L01608262751

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Play :: Cornwall. April, 1942. Pearce's Bakery, Trevellan. Rationing is in force, but there are still hot cross buns, saffron cakes and Easter biscuits to be made. Kerenza Pearce mixes dough and Emily soaks the fruit. Little Lottie, an evacuee from Exeter, helps Mrs Pearce add mace and saffron...just a few grains - precious as gold! Old Mr Pearce stares down contemptuously from his frame upon the wall, while Kerenza's husband pat, hiding in the attic, makes not a sound. This atmospheric and turbulent rural war-time tells of hope and abandonment, love, lust and despair, blood and saffron cake. Contains strong language and brief nudity.

Author

Christopher William Hill