"It's very much a story of the place where I live, as it draws on the history of the men who went from that particular village to that war. "What's remarkable about it is that while it's called War Horse, it's actually a play about reconciliation and how important peace is to all of us wherever we live in the world because one of the things about this horse is that it changes sides, so we see the war from all sides." "In Berlin, it had a German cast playing this Devon-based British story about the First World War and was staged in the same theatre in which the Kaiser would have sat in at the time of the First World War," says Morpurgo, 75. Adapted into a feature film by Steven Spielberg in 2001, it also enjoyed two years on Broadway and has been performed in countries such as China, Canada and even Germany. War Horse is now the National Theatre's most successful production to date, transferring to London's West End in 2009 and running until 2016. "… I knew straight away that something extraordinary was happening because all of these critics and theatrical stars were in buckets of tears." So when Morpurgo returned to the theatre later that month, on press night – the first night proper – he could feel the audience becoming engrossed and then emotional.
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