War Horse Production points
Name of the puppeteers who make up Joey and Topthorn.
Joey = Alexandra Donnachie (HEAD), Lewis Mcbean (HEART) and Michael Larcombe (HIND)
Topthorn = Topthorn- Rianna Ashe (HEAD), Chris Milford (HEART) and Thomas Goodrige (HIND)
Name of Production team
The National Theatre= Producers
Original director: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris
Designer (set, costume and drawings) - Rae Smith
Original Lighting Designer - Paule Constable
Movement and Horse Choreography - Toby Sedgwick
Name of other cast members
Albert=Tom Sturgess
Rose=Jo Castleton
Ted=Karl Haynes
Billy=Haydn Burke
Arthur=Gareth Radcliffe
The Singer=Sally Swanson
Lieutenant Nicholls (sketchbook)=Chris Williams
Colonel Strauss =Damian Lynch
Captain Stewart (red coat)=Daniel Rock
Sergeant Thunder (‘F..ing’)=Gareth Radcliffe
David=Ike Bennett
Friedrich=Alexander Ballinger
Sergeant Klebb=Haydn Burke
Emily=Diany Samba-Bandza
Geordie (heads or tails)=Owen Dagnall
Manfred (heads or tails)=Simon Stanhope
Joey Key moments
-Joey and Albert first meet
-Joey gets stuck in barbed wire
-Joey and Albert reunited by whistle in medical tent
-Joey sold at auction to Ted
-Joey sold to war by Ted
-Joey forced to plough by Townspeople
-Joey kicks Ted
-Joey charges at war (Lieutenant Nicholls Death)
-Joey and Topthorne fight
-Joey is nurtured by Emilie and Friedrich
Topthorne key moments
-Topthorne and Joey first meet and fight
-Topthorne charging at war (Lieutenant Nicholls Death)
-Topthorne's death
-Topthorne is nurtured by Emilie and Friedrich
Albert key moments
-Albert and Joey first meet
-Albert teaches Joey to pough
-Albert saves Joey from Ted's whip
-Albert and Ted fight after Joey has been sold to war
-Albert recieves letter from Nicholls
-Alber goes to war
-Albert first days of training with Seargant Thunder
-Albert and David in the Trenches
-Albert when soldiers walk forward singing
-Albert writes letter home
-Albert goes blind and reunites with Joey in the tent
-Albert comes home with Joey
-Albert calls Ted a coward
Friedrich key moments
-Called a 'coward' by Brant for becoming a medical rather than a soldier
-Friedrich whips Joey
-Friedrich and Emilie meet
-Friedrich succeeds in getting Joey to pull the gun, not Topthorne though
-Friedrich when Billy egts shot
-Frioedrich helping pull gin through the bog
-Friedrich in Topthorne's death
Rose key moments
-Rose congratulates Albert on his work with Joey
-Rose argues with Ted over morgage money
-Rose tells Albert not to call Ted a coward
-Rose breaks down after Albert leaves for war
-Rose gives Albert a bicycle
-Rose and Ted recieve a letter from Albert from war
-Albert comes home to Rose and Ted
Ted key moments
-Buys Joey at the auction
-Whips Joey when he cannot plough
-Sells him off to war and argues with Albert
-Attempts to fight Albert when called a 'coward' by him
-Confrontation with Billy and Arthur about the horse ploughing and makes a bet with them
-Gtes kicked by Joey
-Refuses to speak to Albert when he recieves a bicycle
-Recieves letter from Albert
-Albert and Joey come home to Rose and Ted
Themes
1)Frienship and Loyalty
2)War and Conflict
3)Perseverance and Hope
4)Humanity in Adversity
5)The Brutality of War
6)The connection between humans and animals
Aims
War Horse is, at its core, a story about finding courage through friendship. Though many of the characters are brave on their own, the love and loyalty they have for each other get them through the terrors of war.