Casting has been announced for Stephen Unwins All Our Children at Jermyn Street Theatre in London. <\/p>\n
The play, based on historical events, will star David Yelland as a Catholic bishop who starts a campaign against the Nazi programme of euthanasizing people with disabilities. <\/p>\n
Edward Franklin, Rebecca Johnson, Lucy Speed and Colin Tierney complete the cast. <\/p>\n
Unwin founded English Touring Theatre in 1993 and was artistic director of the Rose Theatre Kingston until 2014. This is his debut as a playwright. <\/p>\n
He said All Our Children comes from a deep place. I am the father of a profoundly disabled young man, but also the son of a German-Jewish refugee and was brought up as Catholic. The challenges that the disabled face today are, thankfully, a long way from the horrors of Nazi Germany, but some of the philosophical and social questions that it raises are fiercely relevant today. <\/p>\n
Design is by Simon Higlett, with lighting by Tim Mascall and sound by John Leonard. <\/p>\n
It runs from April 26 to June 3, with press night on May 2. <\/p>\n
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