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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
A large morning room in a Victorian house, England, 1918
Length
Medium
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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Philip, a former soldier in World War One, has
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It was on the Somme. We were attacking the next day and my company was in support. We were in a so-called trench on the edge of a wood—a damned rotten place to be, and we got hell. The company commander sent back to ask if we could move. The C.O.
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