Heroes

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"Heroes" is a stage play best known in English for its adaptation by Tom Stoppard of Gérald Sibleyras’s French comedy about three World War I veterans in a retirement home.

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instanceOf French comedy
stage play
adaptedBy Tom Stoppard NERFINISHED
adapter Tom Stoppard NERFINISHED
author Gérald Sibleyras NERFINISHED
Gérald Sibleyras NERFINISHED
awarded Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy NERFINISHED
basedOn Le Vent des peupliers NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
United Kingdom
firstPerformanceLocation West End, London NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceTheatre Wyndham's Theatre NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceYear 2005
genre comedy
war comedy
hasOriginalWork Le Vent des peupliers NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
French
medium theatre
notableFor English adaptation by Tom Stoppard of Gérald Sibleyras’s French play
numberOfMainCharacters 3
originalTitle Le Vent des peupliers NERFINISHED
setting retirement home
starred John Hurt NERFINISHED
Ken Stott NERFINISHED
Richard Griffiths NERFINISHED
subject World War I veterans
timePeriodDepicted 1950s

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Thea Sharrock directedPlay Heroes