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Cry Havoc
Cry Havoc
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Author: Allan R. Kenward Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 123 Pub. Date: 1971 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0573630038 ISBN-13: 9780573630033 Cast Size: 13 female
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About
the Play:
Cry Havoc is a full-length drama by Allan R. Kenward.
Hailed as a female Journey's End, this is the story of the
struggle of 13 brave women who volunteered as Army nurses in the
Bataan area of the Philippines during World War II. The play, written
prior to the historical Bataan Death March in 1943, paints a fierce
picture of the darker side of war and the grim drama of doomed women.
Cry Havoc takes the audience on a journey through the lives
of 13 volunteer nurses working to survive and help others on the
Bataan Peninsula in World War II. The title comes from a famous line
in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the
dogs of war." In a makeshift dugout subjected to gunfire the
individual characters emerge to offer a collective reaction to war.
These include the strong minded doctor, her restrained and poised
assistant and the volunteer nurses: a vacuous Southern girl, a
swaggering bully, a couple of timid aesthetes, an ex-burlesque girl
and the inevitable spy. They get on each other's nerves, arrest the
wrong person for spying and confront the real traitor. They are
rescued from their buried dugout only to face the firing squad. This
is a compelling, caustic revelation of human beings under fire.
Cry Havoc had
pre-Broadway engagement in 1942 at Beachwood Studio
Theatre in Hollywood. But the planned film version had a priority on
that title. The play was renamed Proof Thro' the Night and
premiered later that year at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway in New
York City and was later presented as Cry Havoc on the West
Coast and on road tours. The
play features a rare all-female cast and
has been
performed in regional, high school, college, and community
theatre productions.
Cast: 13 female
About the Playwright:
Allan R. Kenward (1907-2001) was a Canadian-born,
Hollywood-based American writer, director, and actor. He had his
beginnings as an actor member of the Berkeley Playmakers in the 1930s
and is best known for his only play Cry Havoc, which was
adapted for the film of the same name.
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