Lay Down Your Arms

Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.

Director: Christopher Morahan

Cast: Nikolas Simmonds, Leonard Trolley, Peter Cellier, John Warner, Graham Armitage, Ken Wayne, James Cairncross, Julia Jones

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.