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Editorial
The Great Game - Part One
Now showing at the Tricycle Theatre, The Great Game, plays by Stephen Jeffreys, Ron Hutchinson, Amit Gupta and Joy Wilkinson.
1842-1930 Invasions & Independence
BUGLES AT THE GATES OF JALALABAD by Stephen Jeffreys
In January 1842 a contingent of British soldiers, 16000 strong, retreated from Kabul. Only a few stragglers were left alive in the British Army’s worst defeat in history. The General’s wife, Lady Sale, documents the battles in the Hindu Kush; whilst four buglers sound the advance at the gates of Jalalabad as a signal to any survivors
DURAND’S LINE by Ron Hutchinson
Amir Abdul Rahman has kept the Indian Foreign Secretary, Sir Mortimer Durand, cooped up in Kabul for weeks. Sir Mortimer is desperate to negotiate the division of Waziristan to avenge the humiliation of his father’s name. Rahman fights to protect his country’s borders from Imperialist map-making.
CAMPAIGN by Amit Gupta
Harry Hawk MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary needs to find a new approach to policy in Afghanistan. Hawk summons the expert, Professor Khan to advise on the potential success of the ’supplementary plan’ conceived by the civil service.While
Hawk hopes that history can repeat itself, Khan is not convinced that it will.
NOW IS THE TIME by Joy Wilkinson
King Amanullah, his wife Soraya and his father-in-law, Tarzi are fleeing the capital. Their car is marooned in the snow, while Pashtun tribes and Tajik forces march towards Kabul.Will the Soviet Union help? Will the British interfere?
Friday 17 April to Sunday 14 June
For show times and ticket prices please see www.tricycle.co.uk
The Tricycle Theatre - 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR. 020 7328 1000