About the lead up to the Partition of India to create Pakistan and the India we now know. In 1947 Mr Justice Cyril Radcliffe was summoned by the Prime Minister from the Court where he was presiding and given an extraordinary mission. He was to travel to India, a country he had never visited and of which he had almost no knowledge, and, with limited survey information, no expert support and no knowledge of cartography, to draw the border which would divide the Indian sub-continent into two new Sovereign Dominions: India and Pakistan. And he had only six weeks in which to complete the task. Wholly unsuited to his role, Radcliffe was unprepared for the dangerous whirlpool of political intrigue and passion into which he was plunged; one of religious and racial turmoil, blood feuds and even an illicit liaison between the Leader of the Congress Party and the Viceroy's wife. As he began to break under the pressure he came to realise that he held in his hands the fate of millions of people.T1673153562Producer Hampstead Theatre. Director Howard Davies. Design Tim Hatley. Costume Jack Galloway. Lighting Rick Fisher. Music Nicki Wells. Director Suzanne Crowley (casting). Director Gilly Poole (casting). Sound Mike Walker. Performer David Annen (Pethick Lawrence / Sargeant). Performer Paul Bazely (Jinnah). Performer Tom Beard (Cyril Radcliffe). Performer Lucy Black (Edwina Mountbatten). Performer Silas Carson (Nehru). Performer Abigail Cruttenden (Antonia Radcliffe). Performer Neil D'Souza (Mr Justice Meher / Chand Mahajan / Villager). Performer Tanveer Ghani (Gandi / Elder / Teja Singh). Performer Andrew Havill (Mountbatten). Performer Salma Hogue (Dalit Woman / Kalvati). Performer Rez Kempton (Chaudri / Aide to Nehru / Indian Photographer). Performer John Mackay (Clement Atlee). Performer Simon Nagra (Liaquat / Villager / Aide to Nehru / Din Mohammed). Performer Nikesh Patel (Rao Vd Ayer / Young Man). Performer Brendan Patricks (Christopher Beaumont). Performer Shalini Peiris (Dali Woman / Taravati). Performer Peter Singh (Young Man / Aide Jinnah / Lord Krishna). | |
| 3 Dec 13 to 11 Jan 14 | Hampstead Theatre, Inner London :: V202 listing details L675913484 |
