Journey's End di Robert Cedric Sherriff
Regia di David Grindley
Un gruppo di ufficiali inglesi sperimenta la quotidianità della guerra in una trincea nel nord della Francia, verso la fine della primo conflitto mondiale. Il giovane Raleigh, appena uscito dalla public school, raggiunge la compagnia del suo amico ed eroe Stanhope e lo trova drammaticamente cambiato dopo tre anni di trincea. La loro amicizia deve confrontarsi con l'insensatezza e l'orrore della guerra.
Cast (in ordine di apparizione)
Capitano Hardy Tim Chipping
Tenente Osborne Dominic Mafham
Soldato Mason Tony Turner
Sottotenente Raleigh Graham Butler
Capitano Stanhope James Norton
Sottotenente Trotter Christian Patterson
Soldato Albert Brown Daniel Hanna
Sottotenente Hibbert Simon Harrison
Sergente maggiore Tim Chipping
Colonnello Nigel Hastings
Soldato tedesco Andy Daniel
Caporale Broughton Mike Hayley
Scenografia Jonathan Fensom
Luci Jason Taylor
Suono Gregory Clarke
“Early on, any freshfaced, bushytailed actor will dive headfirst in, and I did the same [with Journey’s End]. Those first few weeks were very intense, I was going home and I would dream constantly of being in a trench. Then I realised if I was going to do that, every night, to take that three hour journey, I’d go mad, so I had to learn to pull myself back. And even though I was doing that, the beauty of those kinds of parts is that you’re always going to be taken in by the audience. You’ll always be at an absolutely crunching level of truth.” – James Norton intervistato da Jonathan Watson per "The Stage", 24 novembre 2011
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Recensioni
The Guardian , 16 marzo 2011 : "All Sherriff's characters spring to life in finely nuanced performances. James Norton bravely shows the ugliness that has crept into Stanhope's soul, as well as his unflinching courage."
Independent, 11 marzo 2011 : "James Norton as the beleaguered, brutalised Captain Stanhope, an old whisky soak at just 21, is stunning. He's a veteran, the longest-serving officer there, but barely an adult. Terrorising his inferiors over a shortage of pepper one minute and raging drunkenly in fear the next. His distaste for the "worms" who wriggle home with their "Blighty one" injuries is violently exacted on the snivelling Hibbert (Simon Harrison), who claims to be suffering neuralgia."
Express, 27 luglio 2011 : "James Norton’s magnificent Captain Stanhope, who has survived the trenches for three years and is still only 21, is volatile and nerve-shredded, downing whisky to numb his emotions yet remaining the company’s most capable leader. He confides in Dominic Mafham’s kindly older Osborne and is deeply suspicious of the neuralgia Simon Harrison’s terrified Hibbert professes to suffer from, an ailment he believes will deliver him home. But it is the introduction of Graham Butler’s Raleigh, a new officer fresh from Stanhope’s own public school, which disturbs him the most. "
TimeOut London, 25 luglio 2011 : "Norton and Mafham are excellent, and much credit must go to Jonathan Fensom’s set, a claustrophobic antechamber to an unimaginable outside. And Gregory Clarke’s sound design is spectacular: the final minute, where we are blasted with the sound of shells, loud as any rock concert, is a coruscating sonic coup de theatre."
Evening Standard, 29 luglio 2011 : "The ensemble work is impeccable, with precise performances from Dominic Mafham, Graham Butler and Christian Patterson, but it's James Norton as Stanhope who impresses most, communicating the complexities of a figure who is both anguished and heroic."