Not About Heroes
by Stephen MacDonald

Name: Not About Heroes
Brand: Stephen MacDonald
SKU: 9780573640445
Rating: 4.17 (135 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Male

British

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the heartfelt exploration of the relationship between Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen in this play. Many find the integration of poetry into the script enhances its emotional depth, creating a powerful experience. However, a few have doubts about the viability of a stage production due to its reliance on monologues.

Heartwarming and profound Beautiful integration of poetry Powerful emotional experience Doubts about stage production viability

Synopsis

Drama Characters: 2 males Set Requirements: Unit set "Dulce et decorum est/Pro patria mori," facetiously penned British poet Wilfred Owen, who was soon to die in the Great War.

It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.

This moving play is about the poetic life and the inter relationship between two of the finest Great War poets: Owen who died and Siegfried Sasson who didn't.

Told by means of letters and poetry, Not About Heroes paints a vivid picture of the war.

It was staged to great acclaim at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and had an Off Broadway run.