Dr Scroggy's War by Howard Brenton (English) Paperback Book

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19-year-old Jack Twigg enlists in the London Regiment and embarks on an unimaginable journey, in this epic, hilarious and moving play that takes a sideways look at the First World War.

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An epic, hilarious and moving play that takes a sideways look at the First World War.1915. Jack Twigg, twenty-one years old, enlists in the London Regiment and goes on a journey he never imagined - nor did the rest of the world. On his way, he meets the pioneering medic Harold Gillies, who saves his life and his sanity. And who is the mysterious Doctor Scroggy who appears at night in Gillies' hospital dispensing champagne to the patients?Howard Brenton's play Doctor Scroggy's War premiered at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in September 2014.'Sharp and entertaining...  strikes a chord with our own intensified concern for the returning veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq'— WhatsOnStage'Appealing and engaging... one of the very finest of this year's glut of First World War dramas'— Evening Standard'Howard Brenton's fine new play... hits you in the heart'— Guardian'Compelling... [a] big, warm, perceptive play'— Telegraph

Author Biography

Howard Brenton was born in Portsmouth in 1942. His many plays include Christie in Love (Portable Theatre, 1969); Revenge (Theatre Upstairs, 1969); Magnificence (Royal Court Theatre,1973); The Churchill Play (Nottingham Playhouse, 1974, and twice revived by the RSC, 1978 and 1988); Bloody Poetry (FocoNovo, 1984, and Royal Court Theatre, 1987); Weapons of Happiness (National Theatre, Evening Standard Award, 1976); Epsom Downs (Joint Stock Theatre, 1977); Sore Throats (RSC,1978); The Romans in Britain (National Theatre, 1980, revived at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2006); Thirteenth Night (RSC,1981); The Genius (1983), Greenland (1988) and Berlin Bertie (1992), all presented by the Royal Court; Kit's Play (RADA Jerwood Theatre, 2000); Paul (National Theatre, 2005); In Extremis (Shakespeare's Globe, 2006 and 2007); Never So Good (National Theatre, 2008); The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists adapted from the novel by Robert Tressell (Liverpool Everyman and Chichester Festival Theatre, 2010); Anne Boleyn (Shakespeare's Globe, 2010 and 2011); 55 Days (Hampstead Theatre, 2012); #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (Hampstead Theatre, 2013); The Guffin (NT Connections, 2013); Drawing the Line (Hampstead Theatre, 2013); Doctor Scroggy's War (Shakespeare's Globe, 2014); Lawrence After Arabia (Hampstead Theatre, 2016); The Blinding Light (Jermyn Street Theatre, 2017), The Shadow Factory (NST City, Southampton, 2018), Jude (Hampstead Theatre, 2019) and Cancelling Socrates (Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2022).Collaborations with other writers include Brassneck (with David Hare, Nottingham Playhouse, 1972); Pravda (with David Hare, National Theatre, Evening Standard Award, 1985) and Moscow Gold (with Tariq Ali, RSC, 1990).Versions of classics include The Life of Galileo (1980) and Danton's Death (1982), both for the National Theatre; Goethe's Faust (1995/6) for the RSC; a new version of Danton's Death for the National Theatre (2010); and versions of Strindberg's Dances of Death (Gate Theatre, 2013), Miss Julie (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, & Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2017) and Creditors (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, & Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2019).He wrote thirteen episodes of the BBC1 drama series Spooks (2001–05, BAFTA Best Drama Series, 2003).

Review

'Sharp and entertaining...  strikes a chord with our own intensified concern for the returning veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq' * WhatsOnStage *'Appealing and engaging... one of the very finest of this year's glut of First World War dramas' * Evening Standard *'Howard Brenton's fine new play... hits you in the heart' * Guardian *'Compelling... [a] big, warm, perceptive play' * Telegraph *

Review Quote

'Howard Brenton's fine new play... hits you in the heart'

Competing Titles

55 Days Howard Brenton 9781848422872 20.95 Nick Hern Books 02/26/2013 70 #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei Howard Brenton 9781848423312 20.95 Nick Hern Books 04/01/2014 75 Anne Boleyn Howard Brenton 9781848420991 20.95 Nick Hern Books 08/16/2011 185

Details ISBN1848424213 Pages 96 Publisher Nick Hern Books Year 2014 ISBN-10 1848424213 ISBN-13 9781848424210 Format Paperback Media Book Author Howard Brenton Imprint Nick Hern Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.914 Short Title DR SCROGGYS WAR Language English Publication Date 2014-09-19 Series NHB Modern Plays UK Release Date 2014-09-19 AU Release Date 2014-09-19 NZ Release Date 2014-09-19 Audience General We've got this

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