The read
It runs long at 3h 0m.
Synopsis
Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. War Horse received its world premiere on October 9, 2007 at the National Theatre in London, UK where it played for two seasons before opening at the New London Theatre in London, UK in March 2009, and was later made into a 2011 movie. Since then, the stage play has been seen in over 100 cities in 15 countries, including productions on Broadway, in Toronto, Berlin, and Australia, with touring productions in the UK and Ireland, North America, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
Ratings
IMDb8.5/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Tim Van SomerenDirector
- Marianne ElliottDirector
- Tom MorrisDirector
Cast
- Ashleigh CheadleJoey as a foal
- Tamsin FesseyJoey as a foal
- Emma ThornettJoey as a foal/Paulette/Nurse Annie Gilbert
- Nicholas HartJoey (head)
- Andrew LondonJoey (heart)
- Sam WilmottJoey (hind)
- Nigel AllenTopthorn (head)
- Michael TaibiTopthorn (heart)
- Lewis PeploeTopthorn (hind)
- Tom MeredithThe Goose
- Alex AveryCaptain Nicholls
- Oliver BeamishSergeant Allan/Colonel Strauss