BACKGROUND ON WAR HORSE When I wrote War Horse, I was very interested in writing a story which somehow expressed the universal suffering that went on in war. One horse has the seen the best and the worst of humanity. War Horse is a play based on the book of the same name by writer Michael Morpurgo, adapted for stage by Nick Stafford.Originally Morpurgo thought 'they must be mad' to try to make a play from his best-selling 1982 novel but the play was a great success. Every season brings new Broadway musicals, plays and revivals. Michael Morpurgo, The Horse’s Mouth War Horse has been popular among young readers since it was rst pub-lished in 1982. The plays West End and Broadway productions are directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris it features life-size horse puppets by the. War Horse- (Broadway 2011) West Side Story- (2009 revival w/ Karen Olivo) We Will Rock. The power of war and the beauty of peace. This is his story.War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway.A great way of introducing young readers to the realities of WWI. Look out for Morpurgo?s other war fiction including Friend or Foe, Waiting for Anya, King of the Cloud Forests and An Eagle in the Snow.War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a.
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