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This photo's taken from the Young Actors Company's recent production of 'The White Rose and the Swastika'.
Gracie Baker, playing the Executioner's Assistant, stands in the shadow of the guillotine towards the end of the play, when Hans and Sophie Scholl, and their friend Christoph Probst, face execution for their brave resistance to Hitler and the Nazi regime during World War Two.
The Cambridge Local Secrets e-zine, concluded its delightful review of the production thus:
A great story, smartly written and well performed, creating a real atmosphere on the stage, and while entertaining, establishing some key moral values such as justice, standing up for one’s belief in ‘good’ and the overriding message that even a small voice can make a noticeable difference.
To see the whole review, go to: http://www.localsecrets.com/ezine.cfm?ezineid=3484~the+white+rose+and+the+swastika+theatre
On a completely unrelated note, it was a joy to hear Philip Fox playing Maurice Horton with such terrific comic timing in the episode of 'The Archers' which went out on Monday 8th April. Amongst a host of marvellous characters in the programme, Maurice is a particular favourite to write for.
An audio-clip of part of his conversation with Tom was still available to listen to at the Archers' website at the time of writing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr