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With reference to one production that you have seen, explain how the Performers used their Skills to establish a relationship with the audience? 'Journey's End' by R.C. Sherriff
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With reference to one production that you have seen, explain how the Performers used their Skills to establish a relationship with the audience? 'Journey's End' by R.C. Sherriff Playhouse Theatre, September; naturalistic drama. 'Journey's End' by R.C. Sherriff, is a play based upon the author's own experience as a captain on the front line in a dug out near St. Quentin, just before the last German offensive of WW1. Like many war veterans, Sherriff seems to share the view that this war was not a fun place to be. The personal message that the play portrays is extremely anti-war, showing the hardships that the men had to endure, for example rats, the cold, the damp, poor food rations, death. It is certainly not glorifying the circumstances of these men during the war and stresses that unlike the nostalgic memories or 'rugger' back home, war is not a game. This is particularly poignant when Raleigh,...
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