''Mad Jack'' (1970) Michael Jayston Playing War Poet Siegfried Sassoon
- last year
BAFTA nomination for Michael Jayston, Monte Carlo festival award. Rare play, based on a true story. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967, played by Michael Jayston), CBE, was an English poet and lieutenant during WW I, decorated for bravery on the Western Front. He became one of the leading poets of the First World War.
Second Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers protests the appalling and unnecessary sacrifice of men's lives in the First World War.
Wednesday Play S9 E16 (1970), Play for Today (1971). Starring Michael Jayston, Michael Pennington, David Wood, Clive Swift, Charles Lewsen, Anna Barry, John Boxer, Jonathan Cecil, Donald Sumpter. Directed by Jack Gold.
Second Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers protests the appalling and unnecessary sacrifice of men's lives in the First World War.
Wednesday Play S9 E16 (1970), Play for Today (1971). Starring Michael Jayston, Michael Pennington, David Wood, Clive Swift, Charles Lewsen, Anna Barry, John Boxer, Jonathan Cecil, Donald Sumpter. Directed by Jack Gold.