Private Peaceful
An adaptation of Morpurgo’s text, featuring characters with real depth
I was lucky enough to catch Simon Reade’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s 2003 World War I novel, Private Peaceful, last year at Chichester Festival Theatre. The Nottingham Playhouse production was an excellent ensemble effort and found comedy and pathos in equal measure, typical of many of Morpurgo’s novels. Reade manages to adapt the novel in a way that doesn’t lose any of the comradeship or brotherhood so present in Tommo and Charlie’s relationship. The fact that this version is written so that a small ensemble of six can perform the script is perhaps its most attractive element.
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