Forgotten Voices

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Adapted from Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Max Arthur. Based on the oral testimonies of First World War veterans, collected by the Sound Archive of the Imperial War Museum, Forgotten Voices tells the story of five survivors - four men and one woman - whose memories provide a vivid and moving first-hand account of the Great War. Forgotten Voices was first performed at the Riverside Studios, London in June 2007 and transferred to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Assembly Rooms.

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Malcolm McKay is a writer and director for theatre, film and television. As a writer, his theatre plays include: The People's Temple (Viterbo Festival, Italy); Pistols (Hackney Empire) and Airbase (Arts Theatre); his television scripts include: NCS Manhunt, Gormenghast (adaptation), the award-winning A Wanted Man trilogy and the contraversial Airbase; TV films as writer and director include: Redemption, Cruel Train and Maria's Child (all BBC). He has written three novel, The Lack Brothers, Breaking Up and Thistown.