Forget about Keira Knightley in a bad modern adaptation of a French masterpiece, the theatrical star of the West End is a horse. Not even a real, flesh-and-blood horse – a life-size puppet. Actually, several puppet horses.
Watch this and you’ll understand. There is also a wonderful video diary (in six parts) by one of the puppeteers on YouTube.
Steven Spielberg has bought the film rights of War Horse, but, whatever he does with it – and no doubt it will be brilliant, it won’t be as heartrending and spectacular as the stage production.
If you haven’t seen it yet, go go go… what are you waiting for?
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