In this tale, set during World War II a curmudgeonly widower is forced to take in a nine-year-old evacuee from London. He soon realises that the boy has been both mentally and physically damaged at the hands of his strict mother. He sets about teaching him to read, write and draw, but as his tenth birthday looms, the boy is summoned back to the city.

by Brian Finch from the book by Michelle Magorian

16th to 18th October 2025
at
Harrogate Theatre
Directed by Kelly Nevitt

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