"Against designer Susan Zeeman Rogers's dramatic backdrop of a bombed-out underground station circa 1940, frightened Londoners gather to wait out a German air raid.   By anchoring the story in the imagination of a storyteller and a young boy, Maler leaves room for Rogers's creative suggestions for other scenes, including a huge map with model ships and a small castle; lacy curtains to suggest the French court; and a clothesline to represent Mistress Quickly's home."

"The design team is working at the top of its game, too, which is saying a lot considering that talented Susan Zeeman Rogers (the Tube set) and J Hagenbuckle (sound) are involved."