Synopsis
Regeneration
Nicholas Wright from Pat Barker
Published by Nick Hern Books
6 Male 1 Female
This powerful anthem for the youth of World War One offers a compassionate look at war and its devastating effects
It's set in Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland 1917
Poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon has been institutionalised in an attempt to undermine his public disapproval of the war
His Army Psychiatrist, Dr William Rivers, has been tasked with returning shell-shocked officers to the trenches
But under Sassoon's influence, William becomes tormented by the morality of what is being done in the name of medicine
A compellingly compassionate look at a nihilistic war and the devastating effect it had on a generation of young men
REVIEWS
" ... a superb stage version of a work of genius" ~ Independent
" ... shocking, tender and grimly funny ... gently breaks your heart" ~ The Times
" ... deeply moving ... a humane and enriching play" ~ Guardian