Timothy Findley's The Wars

Name: Timothy Findley's The Wars
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ISBN: 9781897289334

ISBN-10: 1897289332

ISBN-13: 9781897289334

Edition: 2008

Authors: Dennis Garnhum, Timothy Findley

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This highly theatrical adaptation of Timothy Findley's classic novel traces the brutal coming of age of Robert Ross--a sensitive idealist who goes off to the Great War in 1915. Ross, who has a fondness for animals and shares a strong bond with his wheelchair-bound sister, trades his comfortable surroundings in Canada for the nightmare world of trench warfare. We watch Ross's slow unravelling as he moves from home to train to barracks and, finally, to the mud, smoke, and chlorine gas of the front line in France. With death and dying everywhere around him, Ross makes a desperate attempt to show his faith in life. Cruelty, heroism, terror and honour--"The Wars" takes us deep inside the mind of…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Publication date: 9/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Dennis Garhum's adaptation credits include Timothy Findley's The Wars (Scirocco Drama, 2008) and A Christmas Carol. Dennis is the Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary, where he has directed plays such as Much Ado About Nothing, the world premiere of Beyond Eden, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Of Mice and Men, Enchanted April and Trying. Other directing credits include the premieres of two plays by Timothy Findley at the Stratford Festival: Shadows and The Trials of Ezra Pound.