Three war poets walk into a hospital. Only their words survive.
'Can you imagine, just try to imagine the numbers of good men who are going to be slaughtered this summer ...' Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets - who were also three courageous soldiers - gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.
Acting
Charles Dance's Sassoon simmers with aristocratic rage.
Writing
Actual Owen and Sassoon verse woven throughout.
Direction
Darlow's theatrical staging feels like haunted memory.
Director
Michael Darlow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David Sibley later became a prolific audiobook narrator, including works of WWI poetry. The man literally built a career on these voices.
Made for BBC during the Thatcher era, when British military nostalgia was being weaponized politically. Subversive as hell.
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