Photo Flash: First Look at THE RUBENSTEIN KISS

Get a preview below of the first London production since 2005 of the multi-award winning play THE RUBENSTEIN KISS by James Phillips.

This new production stars Ruby Bentall as Esther Rubenstein, Henry Proffit as Esther's husband Jakob Rubenstein, Sean Ribgy as David Girshfeld, Stephen Billington as FBI Agent Paul Cranmer, and Dario Coates as Matthew. Completing the cast are Katie Eldred as Anna, and Eva-Jane Willis as Rachel Girshfeld.

Directed by Joe Harmston (The Lover and The Collection, Donmar Warehouse; The Father, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) this new production will play for a limited season at Southwark Playhouse from 14 March to 13 April 2019, with a national press night on Monday 18 March.

THE RUBENSTEIN KISS is the story of the Rubensteins, a deeply devoted Jewish couple whose Communist idealism leads to their world being torn apart by suspicion and treachery which then echoes through the generations. Phillips's explosive and affecting drama, inspired by the haunting true story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 for allegedly providing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, is the study of conspiracy, betrayal, and guilt.

Photo Credit: Scott Rylander