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Morning Departure

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  14m

Kenneth Woollard

A 1940 British naval drama about life aboard a sunken submarine.

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Morning Departure

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    14m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
Subsequently made into a film starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough, and featuring the screen debut of Michael Caine, 'Morning Departure' is an engaging and heartfelt play about the lives of sailors trapped in thieir sunken submarine awaiting rescue. 
History
Produced by The Repertory Players at The Adelphi Theatre, London on 26th September 1946
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups

Members of the Crew of the Submarine S.14:

Lt-Cdr Stanford D.S.O., R.N. (Captain of S.14)

Lt. Manson, R.N. (1st Officer)

Lt Oakley R.N.V.R (Navigation Officer)

Lt. McFee R.N.R. (Engineer Officer)

Petty Officer Barlow

Leading Seaman Hillbrook

Stoker Marks

Stokr Snipe

Able Seaman Higgins (Mess Orderly)

Members of the Shore Staff:

Commander Gates, R.N. ('N' Submarine Flotilla)

Commander Whately, R.N. (Salvage Depot, Devenport)

Captain Fenton, R.N.R. (Salvage Officer, S and S.E. Areas)

Captain Marshall, D.S.O., R.N. (D.N.S. Admiralty)

Brackley (Civilian clerk in D.N.S. Office)

Telephone Opperators (Day and Night)

  • Time Period 1940s / WWII
  • Setting Partly inside the Submarine S.14 and partly in offices ashore on October 26th and 27th 1940.
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

Author

Kenneth Woollard

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