VERSAILLES

VERSAILLES

In the drawing room of the Rawlinson’s late Victorian villa in Kent, life as it was lived before the war is quietly resuming its place.

The family’s son, Leonard Rawlinson, is among the British delegation sent to Versailles to draw up the treaty that will come to define Europe, the Middle East and the rest of the world. With the ghost of a fallen loved one still haunting him, Leonard perceives that the choices made in Paris will shape the fate of millions for centuries to come.

At the start of the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, this major new play draws startling connections between this pivotal moment at the end of WWI and the world we live in today, reminding us that the past is not a foreign country.

★★★★★ ‘A vital, necessary play… I loved every minute of it’ The Guardian

★★★★★ ‘As profound as it is poignant’ Sunday Express

★★★★ ‘A testament to Gill’s gifts as a director as well as a writer’ Observer