Journey’s End
This specific production does not yet have a description, but the play itself does:
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
| Captain Hardy | Walter Plinge |
|---|---|
| Captain Stanhope | Richard Heffer |
| Colonel | Geoffrey Toone |
| Company Sergeant Major | Robert Aldous |
| German Soldier | Ian Clayton |
| Lance Corporal Broughton | Jeremy Gagan |
| Lieutenant Hibbert | Michael Rothwell |
| Lieutenant Osborne | Paul Eddington |
| Lieutenant Raleigh | Roger Davidson |
| Lieutenant Trotter | Larry Noble |
| Private Mason | Timothy Kightley |
Crew | |
| Designer | Alexander McPherson |
| Director | David Phethean |
| Director (Assistant) | John Hilder |
| Lighting | Jeremy Godden |
- Observations (1)
- Source: University of Bristol Theatre Collection
- Last modified by Michael Hope.
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Observations
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Under my Equity name of Ian Clayton, I was DSM on the show, played the rol;e of the captured German soldier, and on one matinee read in the part of Michael Rothwell who was ill. A busy show for me! Ian Hamilton. Walter Plinge was the pseudonym always used by director David Phethean.
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