title: Taken at Midnight
text: # Taken at Midnight
  
  Taken At Midnight is a 2014 play by Mark Hayhurst on the life of Hans Litten, his cross-examination of Adolf Hitler in court in 1931 and his mother's attempts to secure his release after his arrest by the Nazis in 1933. Hayhurst also produced a television drama on the same topic in 2011, entitled The Man Who Crossed Hitler. Taken At Midnight is Hayhurst's theatre debut.
  
  ## Production history
  
  It premiered in the Minerva Theatre at the Chichester Festival Theatre from 2 October 2014 (previews from 26 September) to 1 November 2014, directed by Jonathan Church and starring Penelope Wilton. It transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, opening on 26 January 2015 (previews from 15 January) until 14 March 2015.
  
  ## Characters and original cast
  
  Hans Litten - Martin Hutson Irmgard Litten - Penelope Wilton Carl von Ossietzky - Mike Grady Erich Mühsam - Pip Donaghy Dr. Conrad -John Light
  
  Fritz Litten - Allan Corduner Gustav Hammerman - Marc Antolin Lord Clifford Allen - David Yelland SA Officer - Dermot McLaughlin Hotelier - Christopher Hogben Hitler's Voice - Roger Allam
  
  Other parts were played by members of the company.
  
  