Nick Hern Books, 2007

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (10), Female (2), Male (8), Unassigned (0)

...David Haig's play My Boy Jack is a dramatised account of how the writer Rudyard Kipling sent his son to his death in the First World War. It was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, on 13 October 1997 (previews from 9 October...

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...A Scottish meteorologist locks horns with his American counterpart as both men try to convince General Dwight D. Eisenhower that they can accurately predict the atmospheric conditions needed to launch the greatest amphibious assault...

Nick Hern Books, 2014

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 10, Roles: Total (14), Female (1), Male (13), Unassigned (0)

...David Haig's play Pressure is a historical drama based on the true story of the weather forecaster who was charged with deciding on the date for D-Day, the Allied invasion of France in June 1944. It was first performed at the Royal Lyceum...