Kiera Knightley is in this play, running at the
Comedy Theatre. Some people will need only this information to know whether they want to go and see it or don't want to go and see it. But if you can look beyond the casting of Ms. Knightly and
Elizabeth Moss of Mad Men, as school mistresses accused of being lovers then read on.
The Children's Hour premiered in 1934, but the themes are still as relevant today – if not more so. The gist of the story is that the two school marms have built up the reputation of their boarding school over many years, but one manipulative student who tells tales accuses them of being lesbians and both their businesses, their good names and their real love interests are in danger.
Feels relevant in these times of the nanny state and an underlying fear of anything that could harm our children or anything that's different.
These actresses, though better known for film and screen work, are in the capable hands of
Ian Rickson, ex-Artistic Director of the Royal Court. So if there's any name in this not that helps you make up your mind it really should be his.
