Alan Bennett's tale of double agents

ALAN Bennett play Single Spies will be staged at the Criterion Theatre from February 4 to 11.

Directed by Jane Railton, this witting production is a double bill of two plays about two of the most intriguing double agents in British history.

An Englishman Abroad is based on the true story of a meeting in Moscow between Coral Browne, an actress and the wife of Vincent Price, and Guy Burgess, the notorious spy who worked for the Soviet Union as a member of the Cambridge Five while with MI6.

And A Question of Attribution is based on Anthony Blunt's role as another member of the Cambridge Five and as personal art adviser to the Queen. It portrays his interrogation by MI5 officers, his work researching and restoring art, and his relationship with Her Majesty.

Tickets cost £7.50 for members, £9.50 for guests and £5 for juniors, and are on sale from the box office automated booking line on 05601 277975 or online at www.criteriontheatre.co.uk.