One Night in November
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- Michael
- Katie Stanley
- Katie's mother
- Leandra Ashton
| One Night in November | |
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 The Belgrade Theatre, where the play was first performed | |
| Original title | One Night in November |
| Written by | Alan Pollock |
| Based on | Coventry Blitz |
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| Date premiered | 2008 |
| Place premiered | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | The Coventry Blitz in the Second World War |
| Genre | Historical |
| Setting | Coventry, England |
One Night in November is a 2008 play by Alan Pollock, about the Coventry Blitz in November 1940 during the Second World War.
The play was first performed in 2008 at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, England. It originally starred Daniel Brocklebank (as Michael) and Joanna Christie (as Katie), and was reviewed by Michael Billington in The Guardian,[1] Paul Taylor in The Independent,[2] and Charles Spencer from The Telegraph.[3] Other actors included Helen Sheals as Katie's Catholic mother and Leandra Ashton as a code-breaking colleague of Michael. The play has a cast of five male and four female characters.[4] The script is available in 104-page book form.[5]
The play was later performed by the Guildburys Theatre Company in 2017.[6] The play was streamed online by the Belgrade Theatre in 2020 to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz.[7][8] Alan Pollock reflected on the play in a 2020 interview.[9]
