Led by captains Taffler (Drew Ogle) and Leather (Caleb Pleasure), the soldiers are quickly dropped onto the frontlines of Belgium, where the war rages.Īnimals occupy a sizable role in Findley’s novel, which Garnhum faithfully retains for the stage. There, he meets a motley group of fellow recruits, from the amiable Purchas (Nicco Graham) to the timid Levitt (Aidan LeBlanc). Estranged from his mother (Laura Reynolds) and still reeling from this event, Robert enlists in the Canadian Army to distract himself from his bleak psyche, shipping off to Alberta for basic training. Robert (David Volpov), a 19-year-old Torontonian, has suffered a recent death in the family-his older sister, Rowena (Hana Cripton-Inglis), has died suddenly in a tragic accident. Robert Ross is faced with questions about worth and sacrifice. Encountering the trench warfare of World War I, amid fresh memories of a personal loss, 2nd Lieut. In a place of widespread suffering, what perspectives can be drawn from individual torment, and do they bring insights into the wider theatre of horrors? In Dennis Garnhum’s stage adaptation of Timothy Findley’s novel The Wars, one man tries to make sense of his life within the carnage of a senseless world. At the Frederic Wood Theatre on Friday, November 8. A Department of Theatre and Film at UBC production.
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