Death Comes for the War Poets

A face-to-face meeting and discussion on the occasion of the play’s Opening Night on June 9.

with Professor Joseph PEARCE, Director, Center for Faith and Culture, Aquinas College and Fr. Peter CAMERON, O.P., Editor-in-Chief of Magnificat

Presented by Crossroads Cultural Center and Blackfriars Repertory Theatre

This conversation is a preview to the production Death Comes for the War Poets, a play which grapples with the horror of trench warfare as experienced by two of the greatest poets of the First World War, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. Featuring the poetry of Sassoon and Owen, the drama asks: How does one cope with the horror of war? Is there room for hope? And what of the Spirit of Death? Can Death itself be changed?

The event is free and open to the public.
Limited seats. Reservation required
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About this Event

Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017
Time: 7pm
Location: The Sheen Center
18 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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About the Speakers

Fr. Peter J. Cameron, O.P.
Editor-in-Chief, Magnificat

Joseph Pearce
Director, Center for Faith and Culture, Aquinas College

Invitation

Download here.

Video

Part I
Part II
Part III

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