The Greater Game, Southwark Playhouse
Michael Head's new play is based on the book They Took the Lead by Stephen Jenkins, which tells the true story of events at Clapton Orient (now Leyton Orient) Football Club during the First World War, when 41 men associated with the east London team " players, backroom staff and supporters " joined up en masse to fight the Kaiser. Three never returned and several others were seriously injured.read more