'Can you imagine, just try to imagine the numbers of good men who are going to be slaughtered this summer ...' Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets - who were also three courageous soldiers - gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.

David Sibley
Wilfred Owen

Charles Dance
Siegfried Sassoon

Michael Troughton
Robert Graves

Jeffry Wickham
Dr Brooke
Edgar Wreford
Dr Rivers
Kristine Haworth
Susan Owen

Aubrey Morris
Tom Owen
Martin Friend
Bertrand Russell
William Boyde
Evan Morgan
Gordon Hammersley
Harold Owen

David Wilkinson
Julian Dadd
Roger Booth
Major Deans
Hilary Wontner
Colonel

Peter Cartwright
Adjutant
Christopher Coll
Crayshaw