Journey’s End
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Set in a dug-out near St Quentin just before the last great German offensive, the play has the quiet, unforced moral authority that comes from first-hand experience. Sheriff had seen active service at the front. Part of the play’s power derives from the loving intimacy with which it depicts day-to-day life in the trenches – drawing attention to details like the soldierly distraction of organising earwig races, the long periods of uncanny quiet between bombardments, or the odd bodily reaction of men about to go on a dangerous mission.
Cast & Crew
Cast
2nd Lieutenant Hibbert | Walter Hudd |
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2nd Lieutenant Raleigh | Derek Williams |
2nd Lieutenant Trotter | Henry Wenman |
A German soldier | Geoffrey Wincott |
Captain Hardy | David Horne |
Captain Stanhope | Laurence Olivier |
Company Sergeant-Major | Reginald Smith |
Lance-Corporal Broughton | Lewis Shaw |
Lieutenant Osborne | George Zucco |
Private Mason | S Victor Stanley |
Soldier | Harry Andrews |
Soldier | Barry Ferguson |
The Colonel | H G Stoker |
Crew | |
Assistant stage manager | John Vinden |
Director | R.C. Sherriff |
Stage manager | Madge Whiteman |
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Special performance in aid of the ‘Not Forgotten’ Association
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