![]() It returned for a second run on 10 September 2008, and closed on 18 March 2009. The show premiered on 17 October 2007 in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre on the South Bank, London, on a run that ended on 14 February 2008. This scale model was a gift to Michael Morpurgo The puppets were made by the Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa. The maquette for Joey from the National Theatre production. Productions National Theatre (2007–2009) The horse and farmboy return home safe to Devon at the end of the war. Learning the full story, the soldiers agree to let Albert care for Joey during their joint convalescence. The soldiers prepare to kill the injured horse, but Albert whistles and Joey responds to him. Emilie does not have the chance to tell him about his horse.īehind the lines, in a British encampment, Albert tells his story to a nurse just as the damaged Joey is brought to the camp by soldiers. Recognizing Joey's name, Emilie tries to talk to Albert, but David is shot and killed, and Albert temporarily blinded by tear gas. Believing that the horse is Joey, Albert is broken. On the way, Albert sees a dead horse with Ned's knife in him. Winning a coin toss, the British take the injured Joey back to camp.Īlbert and David's infantry division encounter Emilie, who is alone and traumatized they take her to British headquarters. ![]() The Germans and British each send out a man under a white flag to aid the horse. He is caught in barbed wire in No Man's Land between the enemy lines. Once enemies, the two horses become friends, but Topthorn dies from exhaustion.Īs Friedrich mourns the horse, a tank attack hits his group, killing him and causing Joey to flee in escape. When the Germans force the two fine horses to work as draft horses, Joey inspires Topthorn to pull in order to survive. His subterfuge is discovered but Friedrich enables Emilie and her mother to escape. ![]() When a shell kills most of his comrades, Friedrich switches his coat and identity with an enlisted medic, hoping to survive to return home. He and Emilie share a love of horses and, with Emilie's mother, they take care of the horses Joey and Topthorn, which are being kept to pull an ambulance for wounded soldiers. German officer Friedrich Muller is reminded of his own daughter left in Germany. Emilie, the girl of the farm family, is nearly killed in the altercation. The Germans have taken Ned to a French farm being used as a makeshift hospital. There he befriends Private David Taylor, a fellow soldier. He lies about his age, enlists in the army and goes to France. Nicholls's sketchbook is sent to Albert, who learns Joey is serving "unprotected" in France. Topthorn and Joey, life-size puppet horses, at a production of the play in Australia Ned is assigned to ride Joey into battle and is captured by German troops. During the first charge, Nicholls is shot and killed. The charges of the British cavalry are overwhelmed by the fire from German machine guns, representing their new technology. Joey and Topthorn (another army horse) are shipped to France. Arthur gives Ned his grandfather's knife for protection. At the same time, Arthur enlists Ned to fight despite his protests. Captain James Nicholls, who often sketched Albert riding the hunter, promises that he will personally look after the fine horse. When Ted sells Joey to the cavalry, Albert is crushed. News of the outbreak of World War I reaches Devon. Albert successfully teaches Joey to pull the plough and gets to keep him. If Joey won't plough, Ned gets the horse. Jealous of his cousin Albert, Ned convinces his father to get Ted is a drunk and make a bet: if Joey (bred and trained as a hunter, not a plough horse) can be taught to plough within a week, Arthur will pay Ted 39 guineas, the auction price. The boy names the foal Joey, and forms a strong bond with the horse during training. Their son Albert promises to raise the foal and train him for sale. Ted's wife Rose fears they will lose their farm. At the auction, Ted used money reserved to pay his farm mortgage. Ted is the local drunkard and thought to be a coward, for refusing to have fought together with his brother in the earlier Boer War in South Africa. Hoping to give it to his son Ned, Arthur Narracott bids on the foal instead, his brother Ted competes with him and bids 30 guineas-an exorbitant amount that Arthur can't meet - and wins the foal. A foal is auctioned for sale in Devon, the United Kingdom.
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