Originally shown on TV, Dennis Potter’s deceptively simple tale relates the activities of seven West-country seven-year-olds on a summer afternoon during the Second World War, in a wood, a field and a barn.

The children (played by our KGS 4th year GCSE students) play, fight, fantasize and swagger, their aggressions, fears, hostilities and rivalries a microcosm of adult interaction. Easy-going Willie tags along as burly Peter bullies stuttering Raymond and is challenged by fair-minded John. Plain Audrey is overshadowed by pretty Angela and takes out her angry frustrations on the boys. All of them gang up on the terrified ‘Donald Duck’ who, abused by his mother and ridiculed by his peers, plays his own, dangerous game.

Below is an album of some 70 odd photos shot in black and white.  We hope that it gives you a flavor of this wonderful play.

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