Journey's End (Heinemann Plays For 14-16+) - Hardcover

Sherriff, R.C

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0435232908 ISBN 13: 9780435232900

Publisher: Heinemann, 1993

Synopsis

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play deals with the horror and futility of trench warfare, as Captain Stanhope and his officers await attack in their dugout.

About this title

About the Author:

R.C. Sherriff (1896-1975) joined the army shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, serving as a captain in the East Surrey regiment. After the war, an interest in amateur theatricals led him to try his hand at writing. Following rejection by many theatre managements, Journey's End was given a single performance by the Incorporated Stage Society, in which Lawrence Olivier took the lead role. The play's enormous success enabled Sherriff to become a full-time writer, with plays such as Badger's Green (1930), St Helena (1935), and The Long Sunset (1955); though he is also remembered as a screenplay writer, for films such as The Invisible Man (1933), Goodbye Mr Chips (1933) and The Dam Busters (1955).

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0435232908
• ISBN 13: 9780435232900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128