• Runtime: 120 minutes

• Theatre

by Dennis Potter

"Into my heart an air that kills

From yon far country blows:

What are those blue remembered hills,

What spires, what farms are those?"

On a summer afternoon in wartime England, a group of seven-year-old classmates pass the time aimlessly and unsupervised in the countryside - chasing squirrels, playing with toys, gossiping, fighting, dreaming up schemes and challenging each

other with dares.

The affable Willie and bullish Peter are joined by level-headed John, stuttering Raymond, melodramatic Angela, spiteful Audrey, and the hapless 'Donald Duck' who is usually the butt of their jokes. Their idle search for fun leads the children in and out of the woods, fields and an old barn, where their pranks and games lead to disastrous consequences.

Dennis Potter’s BAFTA-winning television play is no sentimental portrait of childhood innocence. The boys and girls - played by adult actors - show all the playfulness, impulsiveness, rivalry and cruelty that children can be capable of.

This amateur production of "Blue Remembered Hills" is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD.

Contains strong language and disturbing scenes.