Pack of Lies: Schools Edition

In 1961, Peter and Helen Kroger, two Americans living in a London suburb, were convicted of spying for the Russians and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. From these facts Hugh Whitemore has written a powerfully moving fictional account of the events leading up to their arrest with the action centered on the Kroger's totally unsuspecting neighbors.

Hugh Whitemore began his career in British television, writing many original plays and twice receiving Writers’ Guild Awards. He has also written for American TV, including a four hour film about the Alger Hiss case, Concealed Enemies, which won an Emmy Award for the best mini-series. He received an Emmy nomination for his dramatisation of the Carl Bernstein/ Bob Woodward book about President Nixon, The Final Days.

Anthony Banks studied English at Kings College and directing at RADA before beginning his career as a director. He worked at the National Theatre until 2014 as an associate director commissioning and developing scripts for NT Connections. Anthony also leads workshops on directing new plays and contributes to books and journals about theatre.