Escuadra Hacia la Muerte
A play by Alfonso Sastre first produced in Madrid, March 1953
An English version for broadcasting by Joe Burroughs The scene is an outpost in a wood in no-man's land during the Third World War.
The characters may be compared to a corrida of six bulls (bulls of death) in the agonising arena of their own individualities.
Characters in order of speaking:
Private Adolfo Lavin. ALAN TILVERN Private Pedro Recke
FRANK DUNCAN
Private Luis Foz. ANTHONY JACKSON Corporal Goban ... HECTOR ROSS Private Javier Gadda. ..DAVID MARCH Private Andres Jacob. HAYDN JONES
Music for the guitar arranged and played by FREDDIE PHILLIPS
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
Hector Ross is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Second broadcast