Checkmate Chris Priestley As with Alan Bennett's previous

As with Alan Bennett's previous two plays

magnificently readable' (Sunday Times)

But what about her: the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs the wife who stands by him

it recalls David Mitchells Cloud Atlas

things dont quite add up

Checkmate Chris Priestley As with Alan Bennett's previousCan the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a Nought father in a society where the pale skinned Noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life long battle against deep rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the truth about her parentage and becomes determined to find out more, to honour both