Coward, malingerer or dutiful soldier pushed to breaking point? Hamp is 'gormless', he is a pathetic figure to everyone but himself. If Hamp knows anything it is that he is unimportant. Incapable of speculation on his fate, he feels no fear nor self-pity. Hargreaves, a civilian solicitor and serving officer finds himself defending a deserter being court-martialed. He must overcome his defendants total lack of comprehension and blind-faith and deliver Hamp a verdict that will spare him from the firing squad. A company of unhappy protagonists must wrestle with their consciences in the pursuit of justice. The pragmatism and futility of war is indisputable, each in their own way find the whole business tiresome and worrying. Cloaking their true feelings with procedure and cynicism, they must define what it is to defy King and Country.T01526965897Producer Mark Magill. Director James Thacker. Design Mark Magill. Lighting Martin John Bristow. Performer Henry Bauckham (Private Arthur Hamp). Performer Ross Kernahan (Lieutenant William Hargreaves). Performer Joseph Bader (Lieutenant Tom Web). Performer Steven Mortimer (Padre). Performer Gordon Ridout (Corporal of the Guard). Performer Joe Pike (Guard Private). Performer Brad Leigh (Medical Officer - O'Sullivan). Performer Tim Jennings (Prosecuting Officer - Midgley). Performer Richard Holliday (President of the Court). Performer Julian England (Lieutenant Prescott). | |
| 14 Mar 18 to 17 Mar 18 | Stockwell Playhouse, Outer London :: V0804042090 listing details L2024888417 |
