Buy Now Green Button Png - Free Transparent PNG Download ...War Horse  adapted by Nick Stafford from the book by Michael Morpurgo


Winner Tony Award 2011 – Best Play


War Horse - novel by Michael MorpurgoAt the outbreak of the First World War, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Caught up in enemy fire, fate takes Joey on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find and bring him home.


Nick Stafford’s stage adaptation of the celebrated novel by the Children’s Laureate (2003-5) Michael Morpurgo leads us on a gripping journey through history.


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