A poet's protest becomes his prison — when sanity itself becomes treason.
Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War
Acting
Jayston's Sassoon simmers with wounded aristocratic rage.
Writing
Dialogue crackles with Wildean wit against wartime horror.
Director
Jack Gold
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sassoon's real 1917 protest letter was read in Parliament and suppressed by the military, who feared his influence on troop morale.
The title refers to Sassoon's nickname among fellow soldiers — 'Mad Jack' for his reckless bravery, later weaponized against him as evidence of instability.
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