Drawing the Line by Howard Brenton (English) Paperback Book

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A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.

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A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.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.Howard Brenton's play Drawing the Line was premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in December 2013.'Powerful... a fascinating play which views colonial culpability from an unexpected and singularly revealing angle'— Independent'Brenton is a masterly storyteller... the play expertly draws you into the maelstrom'— Financial Times'Brenton knows how to make history manifest... gives a vivid picture of the pressures of the time'— Guardian'Fleet and fascinating'— WhatsOnStage'Crisp, elegant and revelatory... a fascinating story of mixed intentions and rushed folly'— The Stage

Author Biography

Howard Brenton was born in Portsmouth in 1942. His many plays include Christie in Love (Portable Theatre, 1969); Revenge (Theatre Upstairs, 1969); Magnificence (Royal Court Theatre,1973); The Churchill Play (Nottingham Playhouse, 1974, and twice revived by the RSC, 1978 and 1988); Bloody Poetry (FocoNovo, 1984, and Royal Court Theatre, 1987); Weapons of Happiness (National Theatre, Evening Standard Award, 1976); Epsom Downs (Joint Stock Theatre, 1977); Sore Throats (RSC,1978); The Romans in Britain (National Theatre, 1980, revived at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2006); Thirteenth Night (RSC,1981); The Genius (1983), Greenland (1988) and Berlin Bertie (1992), all presented by the Royal Court; Kit's Play (RADA Jerwood Theatre, 2000); Paul (National Theatre, 2005); In Extremis (Shakespeare's Globe, 2006 and 2007); Never So Good (National Theatre, 2008); The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists adapted from the novel by Robert Tressell (Liverpool Everyman and Chichester Festival Theatre, 2010); Anne Boleyn (Shakespeare's Globe, 2010 and 2011); 55 Days (Hampstead Theatre, 2012); #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (Hampstead Theatre, 2013); The Guffin (NT Connections, 2013); Drawing the Line (Hampstead Theatre, 2013); Doctor Scroggy's War (Shakespeare's Globe, 2014); Lawrence After Arabia (Hampstead Theatre, 2016); The Blinding Light (Jermyn Street Theatre, 2017), The Shadow Factory (NST City, Southampton, 2018), Jude (Hampstead Theatre, 2019) and Cancelling Socrates (Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2022).Collaborations with other writers include Brassneck (with David Hare, Nottingham Playhouse, 1972); Pravda (with David Hare, National Theatre, Evening Standard Award, 1985) and Moscow Gold (with Tariq Ali, RSC, 1990).Versions of classics include The Life of Galileo (1980) and Danton's Death (1982), both for the National Theatre; Goethe's Faust (1995/6) for the RSC; a new version of Danton's Death for the National Theatre (2010); and versions of Strindberg's Dances of Death (Gate Theatre, 2013), Miss Julie (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, & Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2017) and Creditors (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, & Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2019).He wrote thirteen episodes of the BBC1 drama series Spooks (2001–05, BAFTA Best Drama Series, 2003).

Review

'Powerful... a fascinating play which views colonial culpability from an unexpected and singularly revealing angle' * Independent *'Brenton is a masterly storyteller... the play expertly draws you into the maelstrom' * Financial Times *'Brenton knows how to make history manifest... gives a vivid picture of the pressures of the time' * Guardian *'Fleet and fascinating' * WhatsOnStage *'Crisp, elegant and revelatory... a fascinating story of mixed intentions and rushed folly' * The Stage *

Review Quote

'Brenton knows how to make history manifest... gives a vivid picture of the pressures of the time'

Competing Titles

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Details ISBN1848423721 Author Howard Brenton Year 2013 ISBN-10 1848423721 ISBN-13 9781848423725 Media Book Pages 96 Publisher Nick Hern Books Imprint Nick Hern Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.914 Short Title DRAWING THE LINE Language English Format Paperback Series NHB Modern Plays AU Release Date 2013-12-05 NZ Release Date 2013-12-05 UK Release Date 2013-12-05 Publication Date 2013-12-05 Audience General We've got this

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