A staged reading of "Letters to Vimy" by Belleville historian Orland French, an evocative, moving and often very funny play based on his highly acclaimed book about the events leading up to the attack on Vimy Ridge on Easter morning, 1917. Newly arrived on the battlefield in France, young Private Oscar French is learning how to deal with a war that's all-too-real when he's suddenly faced with something that can't possibly be real at all. He starts receiving letters from someone who claims to be his nephew...and they're postmarked a hundred years into the future. No wonder he yearns for his life back on the farm in Waverley, Ontario. For Oscar and his pal Joe, dodging German bullets, dealing with rats in the trenches, and visiting the red-light houses in town, it's hard to believe that one day they'll be considered nation-builders.
“It speaks with remarkable grace and revered insight to and for a generation and indeed catches both the glory and the tragedy involved...it finally defines what’s best about this magical country of ours.” ~ Peter C. Newman
Oscar
Joe
Kirkland French
