Drawing the Line (play)

“Ignorant of India, mathematics or map-reading, the principled Radcliffe finds himself the victim of despair, as well as Delhi belly, and enmeshed in a whole series of escalating conflicts.”[2] The debut run of the play was completely sold out.

[8] In a review for The Independent, Paul Taylor praised the "lucid, elegant production" and said "Not all of it works (the handling of Gandhi feels stilted) but it's a fascinating play which views colonial culpability from an unexpected and singularly revealing angle.

She said: "Hatley’s clever set design uses tall, patterned wood partitions to indicate a world of India and aside from strategically placed desks, chairs and props the space is sparse, allowing the story to unfold through precise acting and sharply constructed dialogue.

"[10] In a four-starred review for the Financial Times, Sarah Hemming said: "Brenton is a masterly storyteller and the play expertly draws you into the maelstrom.

Howard Davies’s skilful production, focused on the interiors (suggested by designer Tim Hatley through elegant filigree screens) in which the decisions will be made, makes you constantly aware of the turbulence outside".

The regions affected by the extended Partition of India : green regions were all part of Pakistan by 1948, and orange part of India. The darker-shaded regions represent the Punjab and Bengal provinces partitioned by the Radcliffe Line . The grey areas represent some of the key princely states that were eventually integrated into India or Pakistan, but others which initially became independent are not shown.