The Mission
T944733718
It is 1920. The war may be over but a new crisis is unfolding. A crisis which is kept secret. In the leafy suburbs, Britain's richest couples face the prospect of heirless futures as the trauma of the war has left men barren. Meanwhile, penniless women, whose husbands haven't returned, face the unthinkable problem of too many mouths to feed. There is only one hope. The Mission, an illegal adoption home where the poor bring their young and the rich take them away. Only no-one must know. Not friends, not family, not even the child. For, in a society where the stain of working class blood is an unbearable tarnish, exposure would be unthinkable. Imagine if someone found out...
Archive :: production:T944733718, play:S01721266039, venue:V332
Production details
World Premiere. The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre
