02044nam 2200469Ia 450 991082721100332120230808205614.01-350-36667-61-78682-010-210.5040/9781350366671.00000005(CKB)4340000000023618(MiAaPQ)EBC4764212(OCoLC)1376538842(UkLoBP)BP20231295(UkLoBP)BP9781350366671.005DO(EXLCZ)99434000000002361820230414e20162023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIt is easy to be dead based on the brief life, letters and poetry of Charles Hamilton Sorley /Neil McPherson ; with music and words by Gertrud Emily Borngräber [and twenty others]1st ed.London :Oberon Books,2016.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,2023.1 online resource (46 pages)Oberon Modern Plays1-78682-009-9 It Is Easy To Be Dead tells the story of war poet Charles Sorley's brief life through his work and music and songs from some of the greatest composers of the period. Born in Aberdeen, Sorley was studying in Germany when the First World War broke out and was briefly imprisoned as an enemy alien. He was one of the first to join the army in 1914. Killed in action a year later at the age of 20, his poems are among the most ambivalent, profound and moving war poetry ever written. Nominated for seven OffWestEnd Awards following it's run at The Finborough and transferred to Trafalgar Studios Nov 16. Oberon Modern Plays.DramaGreat BritainPlaysDrama821.912McPherson Neil1676833McPherson Neil1676833UkLoBPUkLoBPBOOK9910827211003321It is easy to be dead4043292UNINA