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Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.
30 Cast Members
Ashleigh Cheadle
Joey as a foal
Tamsin Fessey
Joey as a foal
Emma Thornett
Joey as a foal/Paulette/Nurse Annie Gilbert
Nicholas Hart
Joey (head)
Andrew London
Joey (heart)
Sam Wilmott
Joey (hind)
Nigel Allen
Topthorn (head)
Michael Taibi
Topthorn (heart)
Lewis Peploe
Topthorn (hind)
Tom Meredith
The Goose
Alex Avery
Captain Nicholls
Oliver Beamish
Sergeant Allan/Colonel Strauss
Alistair Brammer
Billy Narracott / Geordie
Eke Chukwu
Rudi
Ewen Cummins
Chapman Carter/Sergeant Fine
Paul Hawkyard
Sergeant Thunder
Tom Hodgkins
Arthur Narracott/Soldat Manfred
Pieter Lawman
John Greig/Doctor Schweyk
Brian Lonsdale
Thomas Bone/David Taylor
Dogan Mehmet
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