Old Battles Rethought

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Lit as darkly as a séance, the Broadway revival of R.C. Sherriff's 1929 drama Journey's End raises the ghost of our current misbegotten adventure in Iraq, holding it up for comparison with the equally hideous pointlessness of World War I, when, as now, both sides were pouring troops into hopelessly wasteful battles that left only destruction in their wake.

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Old Battles Rethought

Old Battles Rethought

Several revivals ofWWI-era plays raise ghosts of unfinished business

Journey's End

By R. C. Sheriff

Belasco Theatre

111 West 44th Street

212-239-6200

Mary Rose

By J. M. Barrie

Vineyard Theatre

108 East 15th Street

212-353-0303

The Madras House

By Harley Cranville Barker

Mint Theater

311 West 43rd Street

212-315-0231

BY MICHAEL FEINGOLD

For those who think the 21st ce...

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