Details

The credit crunch hasn't done Gerald Roth any favours. The proprietor of Grapes of Roth, an upmarket wine merchant in a downmarket neighbourhood, his business is dying faster than he can say Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg Kabinett 2008. Then fate throws Gerald a lifeline. He discovers that his old watch, left to him by his father, is surprisingly valuable. If he sold it at auction his money troubles could be over. Unfortunately, the reason his watch is so collectable is that it was once owned by Hitler's Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, whose initials are engraved inside the case, alongside the sweetest little Swastika. Gerald's secret dilemma emerges over out that he isn't the only Roth with something to hide...

Cast/Performers

Paul Brightwell (Mr Blackburn), Jessica Dickens (Sasha), Jack Ellis (Gerald Roth), Andrew Paul (David), Gwyneth Strong (Ruth), Barbara Young (Mrs Roth)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran
Producer: Oxford Playhouse (in association with Watford Palace)
Director: Brigid Larmour
Design: Emma Wee