The Children's Hour increases booking period to 30 April

Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, has extended its booking period by 4 weeks to 30 April 2011. The play, which opens at the Comedy Theatre 9 Feb 2011, following previews from 22 Jan, was originally only taking taking bolkings to 2 April.

Directed by Ian Rickson, and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions & Scott Landis, The Children's Hour cast includes Keira Knightley (Karen Wright ) and Elisabeth Moss (Martha Dobie ).

When a schoolgirl's whisper spreads, it triggers a chain of events with extraordinary consequences. Karen Wright and Martha Dobie run a girls' boarding school in 1930s New England, where they become entangled in a devastating story of deceit, shame and courage.