The Patriotic Traitor

Details

This relationship, noble, comic and absurd, changed history: Philippe Petain, a tough, uncompromising soldier who rose through the ranks to save France in 1916 at the Battle of Verdun, and Charles de Gaulle, the aristocratic, academic, awkward and equally uncompromising soldier who led France to freedom when Petain became a Nazi collaborator. In 1945 de Gaulle had his oldest friend tried for treason. But was it as simple as it seemed? Thisextraordinary story is seen as Petain waits for the verdict.

Cast/Performers

Tom Conti (Marshal Philippe Petain), Laurence Fox (Charles de Gaulle), Niall Ashdown (Leon Blum / Pierre Laval), James Chalmers (General Le Gallet / Captain de Courcel), Ruth Gibson (Yvonne de Gaulle), Tom Mannion (Lord Halifax / General Weygand)

Creatives/Company

Author: Jonathan Lynn
Producer(s): Bob Benton, Daniel Brodie (for DB Productions)
Director(s): Jonathan Lynn, Martha Geelan (assistant)
Design(s): Georgia Lowe, Rebecca Pitt (graphic designer)
Lighting: Mark Howland
Sound: Andrea J Cox
Costume: Jackie Orton (costume supervisor)
Other: David Leigh-Pemberton (production manager)
Stage Manager: Hannah Gore