Is
it better to fight against an oppressive regime, or to collaborate
with it in order to gain a position from which one can do a little good?
This is the dilemma explored in Arnold Hinchliffe’s last play… Read
more Buy now
The Brotherhood of Thieves
by Arnold Hinchliffe
London
1776 “Man is born free but is everywhere in chains” (J-J Rousseau).
In America the colonists have just raised the flag of revolt while
in France the tottering ancien régime is nearing its end.
In London, magnificent and miserable London, a formidably well-organised
band of thieves led by Ne’er Hang Jack, terrorise the wealthy, combining
violence with deep revolutionary convictions… Read more Buy now
Is
it better to fight against an oppressive regime, or to collaborate
with it in order to gain a position from which one can do a little good?
This is the dilemma explored in Arnold Hinchliffe’s last play… 
London
1776 “Man is born free but is everywhere in chains” (J-J Rousseau).
In America the colonists have just raised the flag of revolt while
in France the tottering ancien régime is nearing its end.
In London, magnificent and miserable London, a formidably well-organised
band of thieves led by Ne’er Hang Jack, terrorise the wealthy, combining
violence with deep revolutionary convictions…