Morpurgo: War Plays [Paperback]

Three war plays by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, dramatised by Simon Reade.

Private Peaceful relives the short life of Tommo growing up in rural Devon before fighting the battles and facing the injustices of the First World War. In Toro! Toro! young Antonito liberates his favourite bull from the ritualised killing of the bullfight as he tries to escape the Spanish Civil War. In The Mozart Question Paolo Levi discovers the astonishing truth about his parents flight to Venice from the gas chambers of the Second World War.

Each play is accompanied by an introduction from Michael Morpurgo.

The celebrated collaboration between children's author Michael Morpurgo and playwright and former RSC literary manager Simon Reade has also created the BBC radio play and the feature film ofPrivate Peaceful, Polka Theatre's production ofTwist of Gold, and the concert series that includesOn Angel Wings. Simon's other plays includePride & Prejudice, The Scarecrow and His Servant, Not the End of the Worldand, for the Royal Shakespeare Company,Midnight's ChildrenandTales from Ovid.