Details

It's 1923 at Bovington Tank regiment in Dorset. A couple of mysterious new recruits arrive raising the suspicions of the other recruits. One of the new recruits is T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) now incognito as T.E. Shaw (of Dorset) and protected by his young Scots bodyguard John Bruce. Ronan O'Donnell pits Lawrence against the raw recruits of the day and the officers of the British Empire. Whilst attempting to write his masterpiece 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', Lawrence seeks to find a little peace from the 'animal spirits' of other men. Those young men 'whose murderous dispatching mint new worlds' and then wait till the Old men come along and 'shape the peace'.

Cast/Performers

Robin Sneller (Lowell Thomas / MO), Michael Stenton (Uxbridge Paul), Michael Ryan (Rude), Garry Collins (Lawrence / Shaw), Stevie Hannon (Ingles), Graeme Rooney (John Bruce)

Creatives/Company

Author: Ronan O'Donnell
Producer: LLT New Writing
Director: Graeme Maley
Design(s): Angela Simpson, Graeme Maley
Music: Brian Docherty