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In your quest for respectability I think we can say you have been
talking out of both corners of your mouth. One corner talks to your
rich backers, the other to your street-fighters. 1931. Hans Litten
is one of the most celebrated lawyers in Berlin, famed for his
brilliant mind and the rhetorical flair with which he defends those
fighting back against the rapidly growing Nazi movement. So, when
he calls Herr Hitler as star witness in the trial of a band of
murderous SA men, the politician feels the full force of Litten's
intellect, wit and courage. It arouses in Hitler a feeling he can't
abide or forget. Two years later, on the night of the Reichstag
fire, Litten is arrested. He is held without trial, beaten,
tortured, and threatened as 'an enemy of human society'. As Litten
disappears into the Nazi system, his indomitable mother, Irmgard,
confronts his captors and, at enormous personal risk, fights to
secure his release. This riveting drama by the writer of The Man
Who Crossed Hitler explores Irmgard's struggle, her son's
resistance, and the heroic battle of the weak against the powerful,
truth against lies and mothers against murderers. Taken At Midnight
received its world premiere on 26 September 2014 at the Minerva
Theatre, Chichester. This edition features an introduction by the
author.
Now. Tonight. Before we're sent back to the front. Take every bit
of money you got. Ditch everything else. July 1916. Albert Ingham
and Alfred Longshaw are crouched in a muddy, rat-infested trench in
France. These sharp and funny young soldiers from a battalion of
the Manchester Pals are about to take part in one of the most
savage assaults in the history of human warfare, The Battle of the
Somme. Their survival is a miracle. Their company has lost 600 men.
Overwhelmed by the sheer horror of the experience, neither of them
dare stare extinction in the face again. So, when they are ordered
to transfer to the Machine Gun Corps and return to the blood-soaked
front line, they decide, for the first time in their young lives,
to take their fragile destiny in their own trembling hands. But
becoming a deserter, that most embarrassing and shameful sort of
fighting man, takes more courage than they ever knew they had. Mark
Hayhurst's play is a gripping thriller that exposes the impact of
the First World War on soldiers and their families. It follows his
acclaimed debut at Chichester Festival Theatre with Taken at
Midnight in 2014, which transferred to the West End the following
year. First Light received its world premiere at Chichester's
Minerva Theatre on 10 June 2016.
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