by R C SHERRIFF
The Little Theatre, Adelaide University Cloisters
July 19, 20; 25, 26, 27 @ 7.30
Matinees Sun 21 @ 4.00, Sat 27 @ 2.00
Early Tues 23, Wed 24 @ 6.30
The setting is a dugout in the front-line trenches of France in March 1918 - on the eve of the great German “Spring Offensive”. Second Lieutenant Jimmy Raleigh - a new 18-year-old recruit, fresh out of an English public school - joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero, Captain Dennis Stanhope. Initially delighted, the idealistic Raleigh finds his old idol dramatically changed.
R C Sherriff was an insurance clerk, who bcame a young infantry officer, and served for 10 months in the Western Front, before being invalided home, where he began writing plays. “Journey’s End” became the most famous play ever written about WW1, and its first production, in 1928, starred the young Laurence Olivier.
Cast includes Benji Riggs, Callum Logan, Jodan Rose, Ryan Kennealy, David Roach, Gabe Mangelsdorf
Directed by
ROB CROSER