War horse morpurgo7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Inevitably, in Stafford's play we view the action objectively and become more aware of the story's artful contrivances: it seems excessively fortuitous that Joey, captured by the enemy, falls into the caring hands of a German captain as horse-obsessed as Albert. ![]() Joey, the equine protagonist, recounts how he was nurtured by Devonian Albert, sold to the cavalry at the outbreak of the first world war, and pursued across the scarred battlefields of France by his newly enlisted protector. The originality of Morpurgo's book lies in the fact that we get a horse's-eye-view of the unfolding action. And, if the story steers perilously close to sentimentality, there is no denying the visual bravura of the puppet-driven production by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. After His Dark Materials and Coram Boy, they bring us Nick Stafford's adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel about the bond between boy and horse. T he National has dramatically raised the stakes when it comes to shows for the over-12s. ![]()
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