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Read 's earlier feature about Morpurgo's walk-on role in the Broadway production, and his feelings about the stage and film versions. Steven Spielberg also adapted Morpurgo's property into the 2011 film. The Broadway production opened to acclaim April 14, 2011, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, earning the Tony Award for Best Play. The production transferred to the West End's New London Theatre March 28, 2009, where it continues to run. War Horse began performances in October 2007 at the National's Olivier Theatre where it continued in repertory for a sold-out run through March 2009. This conversation inspired him to write a novel about World War I England, France and Germany seen through the eyes of its protagonist, a horse named Joey." Morpurgo will read excerpts from "War Horse" as part of the 7:30 PM evening that will alo include songs from the stage production.Īn Evening with Michael Morpurgo: From Devon to Broadway, according to LCT, will begin with "tales of his childhood in bombed out London during World War II, to years later when during a chance conversation with a World War I veteran in a Devon pub he learned of the role of horses on the front lines of the Great War.
Morpurgo's novel for young readers, which was originally told from the point of view of the horse, Joey, was adapted into the hit international stage production War Horse by Nick Stafford ( The Battle Royal, The Snow Queen). He would write a novel set in the chaos of the First World War and narrated by a horse, Joey, who would witness the horror from both sides of the trenches. And yet here he was chatting fluently to a horse who seemed, in turn, to be listening. He’d been warned by his teachers that this boy was acutely shy and liable to take fright if asked a question. In the yard, he spotted a lad of about 8 leaning over the stable door talking to a horse.
One evening in the late 1970s, Michael walked down to the Devonshire farm, Nethercott, to which he and Clare have welcomed inner-city children for over forty years. Reviewed by Maggie Fergusson in Slightly Foxed Issue 60. One horse sees the best and the worst of humanity, the power of war and the beauty of peace. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey narrates a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, a horse, Joey, witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse tells a powerful story of humanity and friendship that touches people of all ages.
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