{"id":1302179,"date":"2022-11-25T08:17:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T00:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hkadc9.tecturasystem.com\/archives\/event\/private-peaceful-2"},"modified":"2024-01-26T22:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:06:48","slug":"private-peaceful-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/event\/private-peaceful-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Peaceful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMorpurgo\u2019s magic, a masterly adaptation by Simon Reade &#8230;. This is one hour of your own life you will never forget.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail<\/p>\n<p>Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural Devon; his exciting first days at school; the accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that brought him to the front line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn infinitely touching, intensely acted account of a young First World War Soldier\u2019s final day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Express<\/p>\n<p>Winner of the 2005 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award, Private Peaceful is by the third Children\u2019s Laureate Michael Morpurgo. The inspiration for Private Peaceful came from Morpurgo\u2019s visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during the First World War.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs moving as the poetry of Wilfred Owen and as painfully memorable as white-hot shrapnel\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373364,373315],"area_type":[350139],"event_language":[365763],"series":[387116,387468,387158],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1302179","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-theatre-drama-en","event_category-theatre-en","area_type-non-local","event_language-english","series-arts-festival","series-2014-kidsfest-hong-kong-arts-festival-2","series-kidsfest-hong-kong-arts-festival-2","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1302179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1302179"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1302179"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1302179"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1302179"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1302179"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1302179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}