The Return of the Soldier was reviewed at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester. The production transfers to the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich from 2-6 October 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★★ ★ Writing in 1918 as the effects of the First World War still raged around her, Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier holds […]
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The Return of the Soldier – Jermyn Street Theatre
The Return of the Soldier continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 20 September. Simon Anthony Wells’ set for The Return of the Soldier is poignantly evocative of the period in a year when we are thinking so much about the First World War which began exactly a century ago. One side of the stage is […]
Miller and Sanders’ The Return of the Soldier has world premiere at Jermyn Street
Coinciding with the centenary of the First World War, The Return of the Soldier – an intimate new chamber musical by Tim Sanders (book and lyrics) and Charles Miller (composer) based on Rebecca West’s celebrated 1918 novel – will receive its world premiere at the Jermyn Street Theatre from 2-20 September (press night is 4 September). The intensely […]
