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Characters Sergeant R. 'Mitch' MitchemCorporal Edward 'Johnno' JohnstoneLance-Corporal A. J. MacleishPrivate C. 'Bammo' BamforthPrivate T. E. 'Taff' EvansPrivate P. 'Smudger' SmithPrivate Samuel 'Sammy' Whitaker Date premiered 7 January 1959 (1959-01-07) Adaptations The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) Setting January 1942; An abandoned tin mine in the Malayan jungle Similar The Card, To Kill a Mockingbird, Live Like Pigs, Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, The Cryptogram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
the long and the short and the tall by willis hall
The Long and the Short and the Tall is a play written by British playwright Willis Hall. Set in the Second World War, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in January 1959; it was directed by Lindsay Anderson and starred Peter O'Toole and Robert Shaw. It was Anderson's first major production for the Royal Court, transferring to London's West End in April 1959.
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The play's name comes from the lyrics of the 1917 song "Bless 'Em All".
A film adaptation was released in 1961. Directed by Leslie Norman, it stars Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris, Richard Todd and David McCallum. A TV drama followed in 1979 which starred Michael Kitchen, Mark McManus and Richard Morant.
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Plot
The play is set in British Malaya in 1942, during the Battle of Malaya. The characters are a patrol of British Army soldiers; the play's events take place in an abandoned tin mine. Tension rises as the patrol's radio malfunctions and a Japanese soldier stumbles upon them.