Robert J Fanshawe

Robert J Fanshawe spent a full career in the British Royal Marines during which he wrote draft novels and his own poetry. Always interested in the First World War since hearing about his uncle who was killed in 1917 at the second battle of Ypres, he became fascinated by the poetry of Wilfred Owen during his military career. The centenary of the War presented the opportunity to write about it and Robert chose to write this play, as he saw a gap in the knowledge about Owen that was in the public domain. Robert has since written two other plays about the war and is engaged on a trilogy of novels about the war also. He lives with his family in London.