Journey’s End
We are pleased to contribute to the nation’s commemoration of the 90th anniversary of end of the Great War by presenting RC Sherriff’s Journey’s End. Set in a dugout in the trenches of France, Raleigh, an eighteen year old officer fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero Stanhope, and finds him changed almost beyond recognition. A truly moving play, first performed in 1928, Journey’s End should be experienced by every generation.
**Ron Barber Studio Theatre**
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Play description
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.
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