Hampstead Theatre At Home: Drawing The Line (2020)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2020-04-13
Runtime: 135 minutes
Director: Howard Davies
Top Cast
- David Annen as PETHICK LAWRENCE/SARGEANT
- Paul Bazely as JINNAH
- Tom Beard as Cyril Radcliffe
- Lucy Black as Edwina Mountbatten
- Silas Carson as NEHRU
- Abigail Cruttenden as ANTONIA RADCLIFFE
- Neil D'Souza as MR JUSTICE MEHER/CHAND MAHAJAN/VILLAGER
- Tanveer Ghani as GANDHI/ELDER/TEJA SINGH
- Andrew Havill as MOUNTBATTEN
- Salma Hoque as DALIT WOMAN/KALVATI
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