CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE
St Edwards Passage,
CAMBRIDGE.
A SPLINTER OF ICE by Ben Brown
20 - 24 JULY 2021
Oliver Ford Davies (Game of
Thrones) and Stephen Boxer (The Crown) star in A Splinter Of Ice, a
fascinating historical drama exploring the truth and real friendship between
the novelist Graham Greene and the notorious Soviet spy Kim Philby.
Moscow, 1987. As the Cold War
begins to thaw, an extraordinary reunion takes place. As Graham Greene and Kim
Philby raise their vodka glasses after thirty years have passed, Ben Brown’s
compelling historical drama asks whether Philby betrayed his friend as well as
his country, and how much the writer of The Third Man knew about
Philby’s secret life.
Kim Philby was a British
intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union, and in 1963 was
revealed to be a member of the spy ring The Cambridge Five, a group that passed
information to the Soviet Union during World War II and in the early stages of
the Cold War. Kim Philby attended Cambridge University’s Trinity College where
he studied History and Economics, graduating in 1933.
Oliver Ford Davies is an Olivier Award-winning actor whose
recent theatre includes Peter Gynt (National Theatre & Edinburgh
International Festival), Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company) and The Chalk
Garden (Chichester Festival Theatre). He won Best Actor at the 1990
Olivier Awards for his performance in David Hare’s Racing Demon (National
Theatre). Recent film and television
credits include Christopher Robin, The Last Witness, Father Brown, Marple
and Game Of Thrones.
Stephen Boxer’s theatre credits
include The Remains of the Day (UK Tour), Titus Andronicus, The Heresy Of Love, The Taming Of The Shrew, Bartholomew Fair,
Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, The Herbal Bed, The White Devil,
The Duchess Of Malfi, Richard III (all for the RSC) and Macbeth,
King Lear, Aristocrats, Volpone (all for the National Theatre).
Stephen’s most recent television credits include Denis Thatcher in The Crown,
Small
Axe, David Elster in Humans and Poldark.
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