pferguson | March 5, 2015
Actors and the Great War Seemingly one just has to ferret about the internet and much will be revealed simply by coming up with the right combination of search terms. Recently I was reviewing none other than Basil Rathbone’s Great War service, with the Liverpool Scottish, when I learned of three actors who served during […]
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pferguson | November 26, 2011
I have read the story, seen its inspiration included in an exhibit at the Imperial War Museum, London and also watched the theatre production at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane. It is War Horse the story by Michael Morpurgo that has inspired so much discussion of the horse in war and the Great […]
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