WHILE THE GUNS THUD
GREAT DRAMATIC TRIUMPH Distant drumfire, the crash o£ bursting shells, and the rattle of machineguns are only the mechanical accompaniments of the dramatic war-play, ‘Journey’s End.” They give the piece a grim and terrifying realism, but do not shut out the tense human drama which makes it the greatest achievements among the many plays with war settings. Nothing seen here before has quite so effectively caught the atmosphere of the trenches, and nothing before has so clearly expressed what war means in the wrecking of human sensibilities. Courage and humour are the only attributes which can withstand shellfire and the deadly strain of waiting. These are the things which make ‘ Journey’s End” a great play. In the hands of the J. C. Williamson company it becomes a great production. No wonder, therefore, it has won an instant and popular appeal wherever played, and Aucklanders have been no less responsive. The applause when the assembled company takes the call after the final curtain is markedly spontaneous and is not whipped up by any dramatic ruse or spectacle.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 812, 5 November 1929, Page 15
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