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I ordered a car and Brian somebody drove...

General Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower

Pressure

David Haig

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2, Scene 6
Time & Place
Southwick House, England, June 1944
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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I ordered a car and Brian somebody drove me to Newbury. Nobody knew I was coming. Nobody saw me drive there, no stars on the plate, no flag on the hood, just an officer in a motorcar.
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Trafford thinks I’m sending those boys to their deaths, but I believe their role will be pivotal… and that makes it personal. Those boys are my responsibility, they’re risking their lives because I dug my heels in at a meeting in an office. That’s really why I went to see them… and I will feel every one of their deaths.

David Haig, Pressure. NHB (electronic version), pp.142-143

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