Hero's Welcome
A drama with music
Winner
1982 Theatre Ontario
New Play Award
and the
Ottawa Valley Book Festival's inaugural
Dave Smith Playwrighting Award
(1990)
1982 Theatre Ontario
New Play Award
and the
Ottawa Valley Book Festival's inaugural
Dave Smith Playwrighting Award
(1990)
An intense, absorbing drama that centres on the events and remembrances of a Canadian soldier's return to his small town home
near the end of World War II. The fears and doubts that he brings home with him combine with those he had hoped had been buried at home, but which were, in fact, simply waiting for his return. Told in a unique and very theatrical style, the story, based partly upon the author's father's war experiences, is at once universal and familiar.
near the end of World War II. The fears and doubts that he brings home with him combine with those he had hoped had been buried at home, but which were, in fact, simply waiting for his return. Told in a unique and very theatrical style, the story, based partly upon the author's father's war experiences, is at once universal and familiar.
"(It) all has the ring of authenticity and of truth. Playwright Jacklin (too young to have lived through the 1940s) has captured the feeling of the time brilliantly. I could have sat, uncushioned, on an authentic bed of nails and been unaware of anything but the stage. (It's) that good." CBC Radio One
Pvte. Carl Jacklin (1924-1976)
A Company. 1st Battalion,
A Company. 1st Battalion,
Royal Canadian Regiment, January 1942
Wounded, taken prisoner December 19, 1943, Ortona , Italy
Wounded, taken prisoner December 19, 1943, Ortona , Italy
2 acts; 95 minutes plus intermission
4 male/ 3 female/ 1 boy; unit set; piano
4 male/ 3 female/ 1 boy; unit set; piano