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The Mission archiveIt 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...

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Author: Jessica Swale

Archive listings for The Mission

Work type: Play.

T944733718

World Premiere.Presented byArtsEd (graduating BA Acting students). Director Kate Saxon. Design Libby Watson. Costume Libby Watson. Lighting Chris Davey. Sound Richard Hammarton. Music Richard Hammarton.
10 May 16 to 14 May 16The Arts Educational London Schools Theatre, Outer London :: V332
listing details L0873500760

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