Sergeant Musgrave's Dance

Synopsis

A rehearsed reading of the 1959 anti-war play Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance will be held in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court on Sunday 25 November at 5pm in memory of its playwright John Arden, who died in March 2012. Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance opened at the Royal Court in 1959, directed by Lindsay Anderson and centres on four Victorian soldiers, who have deserted from an imperialist war overseas. They arrive in a northern coal mining town with the aim of seeking revenge from the townspeople after a witnessing a terrible act of colonial violence.