The Promise

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T0192510660 (ORANGETREE10) World PremiereProducer Orange Tree Theatre. Director Alan Strachan. Design Sam Dowson. Lighting John Harris. Performer Nicholas Asbury. Performer Patrick Brennan. Performer Miranda Colchester. Performer Sam Dastor. Performer Oliver Ford Davies. Performer Christopher Ravenscroft. Performer Colin Stinton. Performer Michael Sheldon. Performer Jonathan Tafler.
17 Feb 10 to 20 Mar 10	Orange Tree Theatre, Outer London :: V321 listing details L0252558370

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Play :: It's the beginning of World War I and Herbert Samuel, the first practising Jew ever to sit in a British Cabinet, dreams of using British power to back a return of the Jews to Palestine after 1800 years. However, his cousin, Edwin Montagu, also in the Cabinet, and also Jewish, is implacably opposed to the idea, a conflict complicated by Montagu's passion for the young beautiful aristocrat, Venetia Stanley, a confidante of the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith. As Venetia's developing relationship with Montagu threatens the status quo, personal and political concerns become increasingly tangled.

Author

Ben Brown