Journey's End Play - Chichester Post - Saturday 20 October 2018
Transcript:

THE MOST famous play about the First World War came to Selsey Pavilion from October 4-9. Robert Cedric Sherriff wrote the play, Journey’s End during a holiday in Selsey and it was performed this month at the Pavilion some 90 years later. In his autobiography, he said: “We had taken a bungalow close to the sea at Selsey Bill and I cut loose from everything in London to go down there and work in peace.” Set over the course of four days leading up to a massive German attack on the British trenches in March,1918, Journey’s End charts the tension and claustrophobia as the new recruit to the company, Lieutenant Raleigh discovers his childhood friend and hero, Captain Stanhope, has changed beyond recognition. Director Gillian Plowman said: “Journey’s End has all the ingredients to make it very successful dramatically. “Although the jargon is now dated, the dialogue is easily understood and the message about sacrifice and comradeship is clear. “There are nine men in the cast. The rehearsal process has been long. I am proud of these talented men.”

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