<< *150 . PETER USTINOV : THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE .
TWO ACTS OF WAR SEPARATED BY A TRUCE . LONDON , HEINEMANN ,
1968 . 90 P. FIRST PERF. : 220568 . CHAR. : 01 SERGEANT , 0
2 35914 = BUGLER , 03 THE GENERAL , 04 THE REBEL , 05 THE WI
FE , 06 THE ARCHBISHOP , 07 14768 , 08 71696 , 09 THE UNKNOW
N SOLDIER , 10 94343 , 11 THE ENEMY LEADER , 12 THE INVENTOR
, 13 THE WOMAN , 14 REINFORCEMENTS , 15 CHORUS , 16 BUGLER
= 35914 >> $
#1 $
< FIRST ACT OF WAR > $
< THE CURTAIN RISES ON A STAGE BARE BUT FOR A TOMB . $
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TELEVISION CAMERAS , PROTECTED BY SHIN
Y PLASTIC COVERS AGAINST THE RAIN . $
SOLDIERS , AT EASE , STAND WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE AUDIENCE
. $
THEY ARE WEARING CAMOUFLAGE GAS-CAPES . $
THE SETTING AND THE COSTUMING ARE LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF
THE DIRECTOR THROUGHOUT , THE ONLY ADMONITION OF THE AUTHOR
BEING THAT THE ACTION SHOULD BE AS FLUID AND THEATRICAL AS P
OSSIBLE . $
ANY EXCESS OF THE IMAGINATION IS AN ERROR ON THE RIGHT SIDE
. $
A NEW ARRIVAL MA . . .
