A story inspired by real events, written and performed by Michael Hughes at Margate's Tom Thumb Theatre
2pm - 3.30pm
The Army said they couldn’t fight. The Army was wrong.
1914: The Great War rages. Britain recruits 30,000 'bantams' - men between 5'-5'3'' - to fight.
1918: One Bantam remains, Patrick Michael Wolfe, a teacher from Dublin.
This is his story, a story about patriotism, prejudice, courage and betrayal.
The Last Bantam is a monodrama written and performed by Michael Hughes. It tells the incredible story of Britain’s Great War ‘bantams,’ told through the voice of Patrick Michael Wolfe, a teacher from Dublin who enlists in 1915 to secure Irish Home Rule.
The Last Bantam is a story of patriotism, prejudice, courage and betrayal, the action ranging from the city of Dublin to the horrors of the Western Front. It is one of the few plays to examine Ireland’s role in the Great War and to focus on Britain’s forgotten Bantam soldiers.
The Last Bantam has completed its third successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, and they could think of no better place to stage a show about Britain's smallest soldiers than in one of Britain's smallest theatres!
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£15 / £13 concession, plus booking fee
Address
The Last Bantam
Tom Thumb Theatre, 2A Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Margate
CT9 2LB
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