Hampstead Theatre At Home: Drawing The Line

Synopsis

London, 1947. Summoned by the Prime Minister from the Court where he is presiding judge, Cyril Radcliffe is given an unlikely mission. He is to travel to India, a country he has never visited, and, with limited survey information, no expert support and no knowledge of cartography, he is to draw the border which will divide the Indian sub-continent into two new Sovereign Dominions. To make matters even more challenging, he has only six weeks to complete the task. Wholly unsuited to his role, Radcliffe is unprepared for the dangerous whirlpool of political intrigue and passion into which he is plunged – untold consequences may even result from the illicit liaison between the Leader of the Congress Party and the Viceroy’s wife… As he begins to break under the pressure he comes to realise that he holds in his hands the fate of millions of people.

Main Cast

David Annen

PETHICK LAWRENCE/SARGEANT

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Paul Bazely

JINNAH

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Tom Beard

Cyril Radcliffe

Age : 50 | Popularity : 6%

Lucy Black

Edwina Mountbatten

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Silas Carson

NEHRU

Age : 59 | Popularity : 9%

Abigail Cruttenden

ANTONIA RADCLIFFE

Age : 56 | Popularity : 21%

Neil D'Souza

MR JUSTICE MEHER/CHAND MAHAJAN/VILLAGER

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Tanveer Ghani

GANDHI/ELDER/TEJA SINGH

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Set Designer	Tim Hatley
Directing	Director	Howard Davies
Writing	Writer	Howard Brenton
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Jack Galloway
Department	Role	Name

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