The Children’s Hour, Starring Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss, Extends Again in London

The West End revival of Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour, starring Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss, has been extended a second and final time through May 7 at London’s Comedy Theatre. The play, directed by Ian Rickson, was originally scheduled to close on April 2.

In addition to Knightley and Moss, the London revival of The Children's Hour features Ellen Burstyn, Carol Kane, Bryony Hannah and Tobias Menzies, along with Nancy Crane, Amy Dawson, Eve Ponsonby, Lisa Backwell, Isabella Brazier-Jones, Poppy Carter, Marama Corlett, Isabel Ellison and Nathan Nolan. 

The Children's Hour takes place in an all-girls boarding school. When a troubled teenager starts to spin a web of deceit, all around her are soon caught up in it. Karen Wright (Knightley) and Martha Dobie (Moss) have worked for years to establish their school, and now, with the school flourishing and Karen on the verge of marriage, their lives and loves finally appear secure. However, when malicious student Mary runs away from the school and seeks to avoid being sent back, she draws on hearsay, gossip and her own imagination to concoct a story that threatens the school, the marriage and their entire futures.