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[[Volute Productions]] produced the play in South Africa in 1985. Directed by [[Keith Grenville]], it starred [[Jon Maytham]] and [[Dawid Minnaar]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''). | [[Volute Productions]] produced the play in South Africa in 1985. Directed by [[Keith Grenville]], it starred [[Jon Maytham]] and [[Dawid Minnaar]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''). | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 6 July 2013
Not About Heroes is a drama by Stephen MacDonald about the real-life relationship between the poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. The play has only two characters: Owen and Sassoon. The story of their friendship is told in a series of flashbacks, narrated by Sassoon who survived World War I (in which Owen was killed). Most of the scenes take place during their time as fellow-patients at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh in 1917. (Source: Wikipedia).
Volute Productions produced the play in South Africa in 1985. Directed by Keith Grenville, it starred Jon Maytham and Dawid Minnaar. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987).
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