{"product_id":"modern-classics-journeys-end-penguin-modern-classics","title":"Journeys End (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHailed by George Bernard Shaw as 'useful [corrective] to the romantic conception of war', R.C. Sherriff's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJourney's End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an unflinching vision of life in the trenches towards the end of the First World War, published in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the First World War, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJourney's End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e concerns a group of British officers on the front line and opens in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a new eighteen-year-old officer fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero Stanhope, and finds him dramatically changed. Laurence Olivier starred as Stanhope in the first performance of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJourney's End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1928; the play was an instant stage success and remains a remarkable anti-war classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eR.C. Sherriff (1896-1975) joined the army shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, serving as a captain in the East Surrey regiment. After the war, an interest in amateur theatricals led him to try his hand at writing. Following rejection by many theatre managements, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJourney's End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was given a single performance by the Incorporated Stage Society, in which Lawrence Olivier took the lead role. The play's enormous success enabled Sherriff to become a full-time writer, with plays such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBadger's Green\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1930), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSt Helena\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1935), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Long Sunset\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1955); though he is also remembered as a screenplay writer, for films such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Invisible Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1933), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGoodbye Mr Chips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1933) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Dam Busters\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1955).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Wall Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58307880059215,"sku":"9780141183268","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1006\/6028\/1679\/files\/9780141183268.jpg?v=1784966277","url":"https:\/\/fourthwallbookshop.co.uk\/products\/modern-classics-journeys-end-penguin-modern-classics","provider":"Fourth Wall Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}