Journeys End -RC Sheriff

Journeys end was First performed in 1929, RC Sheriff's great anti-war classic Journey's end is set in the British trenches at St Quentin, and is based on the author's own experiences of the Front. Lieutenant Raleigh has joined the army straight from school and finds himself posted to the Company of Captain Stanhope, barely three years Raleigh's senior and his idol from school. But Stanhope, promoted beyond his experience and years, has changed, and now faces the inevitabilities of the front line. Journey's end is filled with humour in the face of certain tragedy and is as much the story of its many characters as it is an observation on war.

The Cast

Captain Hardy David Pitchfork
Lieutenant Osborne Melvyn Freake
Private Mason Nigel Kathro
2nd Lieutenant Raleigh Thomas Dale
Captain Stanhope Greg Tillet
2nd Lieutenant Trotter Dean Day
2nd Lieutenant Hibbert Alec Bennie
The Company Sergant-Major Colin Lincoln
The Colonel George Penfold
A German Soilder Callum Wade
Private Soldier of the Company (1) Peter Coxell
Private Soldier of the Company (2) Kevin Lemon

The Crew

Director Val Tillet
Lighting & Sound Stephen Wade, Callum Wade, Ben Tillet
Stage Manager Beryl Rudge
Assistant Stage Manager Coral Kathro
Backstage and Front o House Member of the Company

Special thanks to Dave Dale & Ken Britton

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