DAVID Haig’s powerful play shows how Rudyard Kipling encourages his son to enlist, and then how he, his wife and Jack’s sister struggle with their grief when the boy is killed in the First World War. This is a richly mounted and well acted production, but the choice of venue presented some problems, including limited view for some spectators.
Peter Colley portrays Kipling’s conflicting emotions well. As Jack, Sean Ridley brings out many sides of his character, and Kerry McCrohorn, as his mother, makes her grief palpable and moving.
Ham Quentin
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