About Hampstead Theatre At Home: Drawing The Line
- Released on April 13, 2020
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.
Full Cast of Hampstead Theatre At Home: Drawing The Line
David Annen
plays PETHICK LAWRENCE/SARGEANT
Tom Beard
plays Cyril Radcliffe
Lucy Black
plays Edwina Mountbatten
Abigail Cruttenden
plays ANTONIA RADCLIFFE
Neil D'Souza
plays MR JUSTICE MEHER/CHAND MAHAJAN/VILLAGER
Tanveer Ghani
plays GANDHI/ELDER/TEJA SINGH
Andrew Havill
plays MOUNTBATTEN
Salma Hoque
plays DALIT WOMAN/KALVATI
Rez Kempton
plays CHAUDRI/AIDE TO NEHRU/INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHER
John MacKay
plays CLEMENT ATLEE
Nikesh Patel
plays RAO VD AYER/YOUNG MAN
Simon Nagra
plays LIAQUAT/VILLAGER/AIDE TO NEHRU/DIN MOHAMMED
Brendan Patricks
plays CHRISTOPHER BEAUMONT
Shalini Peiris
plays DALI WOMAN/TARAVATI
Peter Singh
plays YOUNG MAN/AIDE TO JINNAH/LORD KRISHNA
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