Overview

n Howard Brenton's epic and hilarious new play about the First World War, Jack Twigg, nineteen years old, enlists in the London Regiment and goes on a journey he never imagined. On his way, he meets the pioneering medic Harold Gillies, who saves his life and his sanity. But who is the mysterious "Doctor Scroggy" who appears at night in the hospital dispensing champagne to the patients?