Ruth Leon recommends…Into Battle – Greenwich Theatre

Into Battle – Greenwich Theatre
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November 1-January 31 on demand

Into Battle is a new play, a world premiere by Hugh Salmon, directed by Ellie Jones, which unearths a true story that has remained buried for over 100 years, a story which shows how the political and social divisions tearing Britain apart at the beginning of the 20th century were reflected at Balliol College, Oxford through the bitter feud between Hon. Billy Grenfell, the future war poets Hon. Julian Grenfell and Patrick Shaw Stewart and those dedicated to the Balliol Boys Club founded by Keith Rae and England rugby international Ronald Poulton.

1910. Balliol College. Dangerous rifts are appearing between the ‘have’ and the ‘have-nots’. Of the fifty-three freshers who went up some four years earlier, eighteen had been to Eton. In an increasingly personalised and bitter feud, will social influence and wealth prevail over those dedicated to improving the lives of the poor and hungry on the back streets of Oxford? And when facing far greater adversary will vicious personal differences be put aside in the face of a common enemy?
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Iain Fletcher plays the real-life figure Revd. Neville Talbot who steers audiences through the play. Other cast members, all playing real people, include Alexander Knox, Nik Salmon, Gabriel Freilich, Anna Bradley, Joe Gill, Molly Gaisford and Sam Barrett.

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