The Promise: Ben Brown
- £9.99 (Paperback)
Synopsis:
It’s the beginning of World War I and Herbert Samuel - the first practicing Jew ever to sit in a British Cabinet - dreams of using British power to back a return of the Jews to Palestine after 1800 years. However, his cousin, Edwin Montagu - also in the Cabinet - is implacably opposed to the idea, a conflict complicated by Montagu’s passion for the beautiful aristocrat, Venetia Stanley, a confidante of the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith.
Politics, religion and love collide with world-changing effect in this new play of political and sexual intrigue, and the origins of Israel.
The Promise premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre in February 2010.
Tags:
- Categorised as:
- Music, Stage & Screen
- Sub-categories:
- Playscripts
- Genres & Themes:
- Jewish; Politics; Society; WWI
- Selected edition:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780571268870
- Published:
- 18.02.2010
- No of pages:
- 112
