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Desert Air, The
- Full Length Play, Comedy, 1940s / WWII
- 16M, 2F
- ISBN: 9781854594730
"A brilliant comedy about the opportunism, dishonesty and sheer incompetence engendered by war."
The Guardian
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- Time Period: 1940s / WWII
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre
Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays
Cairo, 1942. Pompous and domineering Colonel Gore, known affectionately as 'The Hippo', is bending army rules: if he is found to be in command of three officers of the same rank as his own, he'll be promoted. All he needs is three newly minted Brigadiers, and he'll become General. However, the word is that the campaign to fight the Nazis in Yugoslavia has been overrun by a highly effective partisan group. The problem is that the British have been sending aid to General Mihailovic, who doesn't seem to be firing on all cylinders, and may even be colluding with the Nazis.
Cairo, 1942. Pompous and domineering Colonel Gore, known affectionately as 'The Hippo', is bending army rules: if he is found to be in command of three officers of the same rank as his own, he'll be promoted. All he needs is three newly minted Brigadiers, and he'll become General. However, the word is that the campaign to fight the Nazis in Yugoslavia has been overrun by a highly effective partisan group. The problem is that the British have been sending aid to General Mihailovic, who doesn't seem to be firing on all cylinders, and may even be colluding with the Nazis.
Nicholas Wright's wartime comedy The Desert Air was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Pit, London, in August 1985.
REVIEWS:
REVIEWS:
"A bitter and hilarious tale of British hamfistedness and low cunning in the Second World War."
Sunday Times
"A brilliant comedy about the opportunism, dishonesty and sheer incompetence engendered by war."
The Guardian
Premiere Production:
Royal Shakespeare Company, 1985.
Characters
- Casting: 16M, 2F
