[PAR] [TLE] The Promise (2010 play) [SEP] The Promise is a 2010 play by Ben Brown.  It premiered from 17 February to 20 March 2010 at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond-upon-Thames.  It is set early in World War I and deals with the lead-up to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, via the relationship between Herbert Samuel, Edwin Samuel Montagu and H. H. Asquith's confidante Venetia Stanley. [PAR] [TLE] H. H. Asquith [SEP] Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916, and was the last Liberal leader to lead that party in government without forming a coalition.  He had a central role in the design and passage of major liberal legislation.  In August 1914, Asquith took the United Kingdom into the First World War, but resigned amid political conflict in December 1916 and was succeeded by his War Secretary David Lloyd George.
[PAR] [TLE] The Promise ( 2010 play ) [ SEP ] The Promise is a 2010 play by Ben Brown . It premiered from 17 February to 20 March 2010 at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond - upon - Thames . It is set early in World War I and deals with the lead - up to the Balfour Declaration of 1917 , via the relationship between Herbert Samuel , Edwin Samuel Montagu and H. H. Asquith 's confidante Venetia Stanley . [PAR] [TLE] H. H. Asquith [ SEP ] Herbert Henry Asquith , 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith , ( 12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928 ) , generally known as H. H. Asquith , served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 , and was the last Liberal leader to lead that party in government without forming a coalition . He had a central role in the design and passage of major liberal legislation . In August 1914 , Asquith took the United Kingdom into the First World War , but resigned amid political conflict in December 1916 and was succeeded by his War Secretary David Lloyd George .
What War was raging when H.H. Asquith was in office?
What War was raging when H.H. Asquith was in office ?
First World War
First World War