Information for The Devil May Care at Southwark Playhouse Borough, Inner London (Play). It's 1899, and the United States is growing in power - fighting a war against the Philippine Islands to prevent their independence. Judith, the wife of a disgraced English minister wanted for treason, witnesses the arrest of disreputable American trader and "disciple of the devil" Richard Conroe. The American army is convinced he is her husband - but when Judith tries to reveal their mistake, Richard denies her claims and refuses to save himself from execution. Why would an innocent man insist on sacrificing himself for a stranger? Against the chaos of The Philippine - American War, otherwise known as "America's First Vietnam", the world premiere of The Devil May Care is a timely exploration of Western power, the impact it leaves behind, and the thorny question of who's really good and who's really evil in war. The Little

Approximate runtime 2 hours (including any interval).