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Fifteen years after Armistice day Leonard Ardsley remarks: "I think the world is turning the corner... This old England of ours isn't done yet." Written in 1932, For Services Rendered poignantly dramatises provincial middle class English life in the depression after the Great War. Set in the picturesque Kentish village of Rambleton, it becomes a metaphor for the shattering effect of the Great War on British society. Written by a man who experienced first hand the horrors of this catastrophic conflict whilst serving as part of an ambulance unit behind Allied lines, the play asks what has happened to "the land fit for heroes' promised by Lloyd George. This scathing anti-comedy was described in 1932 by the Daily Express as: "a play of malevolent propaganda". It is now recognised as the dramatic masterpiece of one of the 20th century's most successful writers of prose and drama.T467924423Director Tom Littler. Design Louie Whitemore. Costume Emily Stuart. Lighting Ali Hunter. Sound Yvonne Gilbert. Performer Jotham Annan (Collie Stratton). Performer Burt Caesar (Howard Bartlett). Performer Sally Cheng (Lois Ardsley). Performer Richard Derrington (Leonard Ardsley). Performer Jim Findley (Dr Prentice). Performer Diane Fletcher (Charlotte Ardsley). Performer Aoife Kennan (Gertrude). Performer Michael Lumsden (Wilfred Cedar). Performer Rachel Pickup (Eva Ardsley). Performer Viss Elliott Safavi (Gwen Cedar). Performer Leah Whitaker (Ethel Bartlett). | |
| 4 Sep 19 to 5 Oct 19 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L1741897374 |
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| 19 Apr 19 to 27 Apr 19 | The Maddermarket, Norwich :: V71 listing details L02115074515 |
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