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Echo's End

  • Barney Norris
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1910s / WWI
  • 4M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573114700

As the shadow of war falls over the Wiltshire landscape, a young couple finds itself caught up in the turmoil of troubled times.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1910s / WWI
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set
Wiltshire. 1915.

As the shadow of war falls over the Wiltshire landscape, a young couple finds itself caught up in the turmoil of troubled times. For generations, John and Anna's families have made a living by working the land. Growing up in back-to-back cottages, everyone expects them to marry. Now, however, with nearly half a million young soldiers pouring into the country, the world seems so much bigger than they had ever imagined and the future feels far from certain.

Critic's Circle and Off West End Award-winning playwright and novelist Barney Norris has been heralded as 'one of our most exciting young writers' (Times), 'a rare and precious talent' (Evening Standard), 'a writer of grace and luminosity' (The Stage) who is 'fast turning into the quiet voice of Britain' (British Theatre Guide).

Premiere Production: Echo's End was first presented at Salisbury Playhouse on 29th March, 2017.
  • Casting: 4M, 2F

  • JOHN
    ANNA
    MARGARET - John's mother
    ARNOLD - Anna's father
    JACK HOWARD - from New Zealand
    JASPER - disabled by a stroke
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    Wiltshire. 1915.

    As the shadow of war falls over the Wiltshire landscape, a young couple finds itself caught up in the turmoil of troubled times. For generations, John and Anna's families have made a living by working the land. Growing up in back-to-back cottages, everyone expects them to marry. Now, however, with nearly half a million young soldiers pouring into the country, the world seems so much bigger than they had ever imagined and the future feels far from certain.

    Critic's Circle and Off West End Award-winning playwright and novelist Barney Norris has been heralded as 'one of our most exciting young writers' (Times), 'a rare and precious talent' (Evening Standard), 'a writer of grace and luminosity' (The Stage) who is 'fast turning into the quiet voice of Britain' (British Theatre Guide).

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