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During the First World War they were sent to the military hospital at Craiglockhart to recover from the trauma of war. The friendship of the pair and their Not about Heroes to war is the focus of the performance Not About Heroes. Edinburgh seems like a fitting location for the show as it gives the audience the Not about Heroes to witness the story in the very city that the pair met. Siegfried Sassoon was already a published and respected poet before he Not about Heroes the aspiring writer Wilfred Owen. The younger poet was still finding his way with the written word when Sassoon was transferred to Craiglockhart to receive treatment for his mental and physical health. Owen seeks advice from the more experienced writer and when Sassoon recognises the potential of Owen the men strike up a friendship. They bond over words and poetry and disagree over golf. Whilst the pair find mutual ground the threat of returning to the front line is always on the horizon and this causes much grief and anguish. The play is written by Stephen MacDonald and it is his script that conveys the drama of the show. The performance itself feels on the long side and takes a while to get going. The strength in the drama is the friendship, but this offers very little in conflict. Never the less Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon are compelling characters and their story is a proud and important one. Prolific fiction writer turns his hand to poetry with some beautifully worded reflections on life. Stephen if Not about Heroes knew anything about the history you would know that the conflict you are seeking is that Not about Heroes love as two men was forbidden. A poorly researched review! I saw it and knowing a jot about history was incredibly moved by it. I would recommend everyone to see this incredible production. Hi Don, I was reviewing the performance, not the history of Not about Heroes relationship between Owen Not about Heroes Sassoon or the decriminalization of homosexuality which has only been decriminalised in Scotland, where the majority of the performance takes place, for 37 years — not 50 as written in your comment. If you want a history lesson on Owen Not about Heroes Sassoon, I suggest you read a history book and not a theatre review. And my name is Steven not Stephen. Thanks for the comment. Your email address will not be published. Skip to content. The meeting of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon is presented on stage. Steven Fraser 9 August A powerhouse of an audio play that is crying out for a physical stage. A Not about Heroes, dystopian vision of isolation and the desperate need to feel close to others. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Leave this field empty. Post navigation previous. Cookies This site uses cookies: Find out more. Okay, thank you. Quote by Wilfred Owen: “This book is not about heroes. English poetry i”

Sign in with Facebook Sign in options. Join Goodreads. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor Not about Heroes about glory, honour, might, majesty, dominion, or power, Not about Heroes War. Not about Heroes all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Share this quote:. Like Quote. Not about Heroes to friends. To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up! Jun 17, AM. Phi books view quotes. Mar 27, AM. Hari books view quotes. Mar 18, AM. Nov 02, PM. Derek 1, books view quotes. Jan 15, PM. Kieran 2, books view quotes. Jan 08, AM. Brian Not about Heroes 2 books view quotes. Dec 18, PM. Ana 1, books view quotes. Nov 04, PM. Joao 64 books view quotes. Sep 26, AM. Jessica 24 books view quotes. Jul 23, PM. Andrea books view quotes. Jan 03, AM. Aditi books view quotes. Dec 05, AM. Dec 04, PM. Anurag 1, books view quotes. Katerina books view quotes. Oct 15, PM. Alexius books view quotes. Aug 02, AM. Eleni OverThePlace books view quotes. Apr 26, PM. Alana books view quotes. Dec 28, AM. Ted 52 books view quotes. Nov 07, AM. Phen books view quotes. Aug 30, PM. Maura books view quotes. Aug 18, PM. Toby 1 book view quotes. May 11, AM. Sara books view quotes. Elliott 4, books view quotes. Jul 04, PM. Caitlen 37 books view quotes. Nov 14, PM. Daniel books view quotes. Mar 03, PM. Feb 05, PM. Not about Heroes Quote Is From. Browse By Tag. Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Not About Heroes – The Wee Review | Scotland's arts and culture magazine

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Not about Heroes by Stephen MacDonald. It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. This moving play is about the poetic life and the inter relationship between two of the finest Great War poets: Owen who died and Siegfried Sasson who didn't. Told by means of letters and poetry, Not About Heroes paints a vivid picture of the war. It was staged to Get A Copy. Paperback98 pages. Published September 27th by Samuel French, Inc. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions Not about Heroes Not about Heroesplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Not about Heroes. Apr 28, Susan I rated it really liked it. Having first seen this play performed to perfection at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, I immediately ordered the script. And I bought two volumes of poetry - one of Sassoon's and one of Owen's - and poured over them. Next I wrote a grant so Not about Heroes could produce a staged reading of the play. It was mesmerizing. Now I am directing a full production and have the talents of two fine actors and a set designer who understands the bareness of the scenes. The poetry - with helpful lighting - is the scenic d Having first seen this play performed to perfection at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, I immediately ordered the script. The poetry - with helpful lighting - is the scenic design. Anyone who only reads this text will not get the subtleties, the slow growing relationship, the kindness, love and tragedy that befall the two poets. But mostly they will not find the rich core of war torn emotions and devastation, the futility Not about Heroes madness war invokes. This is what makes this script so important, so universal and pertinent. Mar 31, Jerrica rated it liked it Shelves: midd-first-year. Tasty homoerotic fan-fiction. Fiction, that is. Dulce et decorum est, indeed, Mr. Dec 30, Emily Pinching rated it it was amazing Shelves: favourite-books. Incredibly amazing! Re-reading, it is even more powerful than last time. Moving, poignant and poetic. Shelves: school-texts. Not about Heroes wasn't keen on this play, and even though I have not seen it on stage, I do not think it would work as a production, with simply two characters. I do Not about Heroes enjoy monologues in most things, but I felt that a Not about Heroes majoritively made up of them might drive me insane. The only part I truly enjoyed was the basis to it with the developement of the relationship between two real-life characters of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. I found it interesting, Not about Heroes probably frowned upon at the time, that I wasn't keen on this play, and even though I have not seen it on stage, I do not think it would work as a production, with simply two characters. I found it interesting, although probably frowned Not about Heroes at the time, that they were portrayed as lovers, not just friends. Otherwise, I found Not about Heroes quite dull. Yes, the story was interesting, but it would only have worked as a story in my view, not as a play. I also found it to be incredibly slow-paced, making it even more dull. Aug 23, Leigh rated it it was ok Shelves: genre-dramasubject-warsubject- war-wwiownership-library-books This was one of those books I wanted to write. And so I resent it not only for having already been written, but for not even being written particularly well. Not about Heroes a great story, of course, but history gave us the story; MacDonald doesn't add much. It's a very, very textual book--textual in the sense of drawing heavily on Sassoon's and Owen's writing, but also textual in the Not about Heroes of not subtextual. There's very little authorial interpretation going on here, which makes it a pretty flat retelling This Not about Heroes one of those books I wanted to write. There's very little authorial interpretation going on here, which makes it a pretty flat retelling. One of the most astonishingly Not about Heroes things I have ever read. Fascinating to see relationship between Owen and Sassoon particularly having read Pat Barker's 'Regeneration' and looked at the pair's poetry. Loved the integration Not about Heroes the poems into the text of the play itself and seeing the poems we know so well come into being particularly the moment of the creation of 'Anthem'. Now need to look in greater detail at the poetry - particularly Sassoon's. Mar 18, Amy rated it really liked it Shelves: books-i-own. A truly sweet, heartwarming monologue between historical characters, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. It plays out their relationship well, even Not about Heroes the author does not go as far as to describe the very real "romantic" relationship they had. If you love Pat Barker's "Regeneration" series, you will definitely appreciate this play. Oct 13, Steven rated it liked it Shelves: playsbritish. This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything about glory, honor, might, majesty, dominion, or power, except War. Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. 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