Til the Boys Come Home: A play about the Second World War

Til the Boys Come Home: A play about the Second World War

by Charles Gordon Robertson
Til the Boys Come Home: A play about the Second World War

Til the Boys Come Home: A play about the Second World War

by Charles Gordon Robertson

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Overview

Til The Boys Come Home is a moving, action-packed Canadian play, about small-town teenage boys and girls whose lives are torn apart by the Second World War. It is told through the eyes of Will. He is probably about forty years old and married with teenage kids of his own. He finds an old photograph that he took years ago in the small town he grew up in. It is a photograph of his friends when he was just a teenager, just before the war. In this picture, they have their whole lives ahead of them. His childhood sweetheart is in the picture and so is his best friend. It is the last time they would all be together. As he talks, the photo comes to life and the audience is taken on a trip into the past. From that small town restaurant of hopes and dreams, to the chilling barracks scenes where one of his lifelong friends is betrayed, to the bittersweet last dance at the restaurant where the boys say goodbye to the girls, some for the last time, to the terrifying realities of battle in Europe where fear and bravery are brothers in arms, to the crushing welcome home, this powerful story of love and war will grip you and not let go. This play is ideally suited for young men and women to perform. Featuring a cast of thirteen. Including eight men and five women, this play is suitable for high school, college and community theatre groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781477595169
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 06/16/2012
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

Charles Robertson is a playwright and director in Canada who has been involved in all facets of theatre. He has written a number of plays for young people, including Pretty Pieces and Ghost of the Tree
With partner Anne Marie Mortensen, he runs Bottle Tree Productions at www.bottletreeinc.com Bottle Tree Productions offers free advice and monologues for aspiring actors. Bottle Tree Productions One Act Play Competition for Writers has a One Thousand Dollar First Prize and closes on November 30th of each year.
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