Into Battle (play)

Into Battle is a stage play written by Hugh Salmon, which received its premiere at the Greenwich Theatre in London in October 2021.[1][2][3][4]

The play tells the story of a bitter feud between the privileged Old Etonians at Balliol College, Oxford and a more socially aware group of non-Etonians during the run-up to the First World War. Into Battle features a number of historical characters including the wealthy socialite Ettie Grenfell, Baroness Desborough; her two sons Julian Grenfell (after whose poem the play is named) and Billy Grenfell; Patrick Shaw-Stewart, another war poet; Ronald Poulton, the distinguished rugby player; and the respected theologian Reverend Neville Talbot.

  1. ^ Brooks, Richard (26 September 2021). "'Elite v plebs': the Oxford rivalries of boys who would never grow up to be men". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ Purves, Libby. "Flawed heroes teach us to forgive and forget". The Times. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ Slot, Owen. "The unlikely class warrior who tackled English rugby's bias". The Times. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Into Battle - Theatre in Greenwich, Greenwich".