Morpurgo: War Plays

Three war plays by Michael Morpurgo, the UK's leading children's author and author of War Horse, dramatized by Simon Reade.

" A trilogy of one-man plays adapted from stories by former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo. Linked by their protagonists' experiences of war, these plays are heartbreaking condemnations of violence. Contains the plays Private Peaceful, Toro! Toro! and The Mozart Question. Each play is introduced by Michael Morpurgo. "

Three war plays by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, dramatised by Simon Reade.

Private Peaceful relives the short life of Tommo growing up in rural Devon before fighting the battles and facing the injustices of the First World War. In Toro! Toro! young Antonito liberates his favourite bull from the ritualised killing of the bullfight as he tries to escape the Spanish Civil War. In The Mozart Question Paolo Levi discovers the astonishing truth about his parents’ flight to Venice from the gas chambers of the Second World War.

Each play is accompanied by an introduction from Michael Morpurgo.