How I adapted Private Peaceful for the stage and screen – in pictures

Simon Reade tells the story of how and why he turned Michael Morpurgo’s moving first world war novel about an ordinary young soldier into a stage play, a film and a radio play. It all started with a ‘Eureka moment’ in the bath…

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