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My Boy Jack (television Drama)
''My Boy Jack'' is a 2007 British biographical film, biographical television film based on David Haig's 1997 play My Boy Jack (play), of the same name for ITV (TV channel), ITV. It was filmed in August 2007, with Haig as Rudyard Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe as John Kipling. The American television premiere was on 20 April 2008 on Public Broadcasting Service, PBS, with primetime rebroadcast on 27 March 2011. The film attracted about 5.7 million viewers on its original ITV (TV channel), ITV broadcast in the UK on Remembrance Day, 11 November 2007. Background ''My Boy Jack'' is based on the 1997 play by England, English actor David Haig. It tells the story of Rudyard Kipling and his grief for his son, John Kipling, John, who died in the First World War. The title comes from Kipling's My Boy Jack (poem), poem of the same name. The theatre piece played at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, in 2004. It then toured Oxford, Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond, Brighton, Norwich, Cardiff an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Boy Jack (play)
''My Boy Jack'' is a 1997 play by English actor David Haig. It tells the story of Rudyard Kipling and his grief for his son, John, who died in the First World War. The title comes from Kipling's 1915 poem, '' My Boy Jack''. Theatre (2004) ''My Boy Jack'' played at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, in 2004. It then toured Oxford, Richmond, Brighton, Norwich, Cardiff and Cambridge, with the newly formed Haig Lang Productions. In America, ''My Boy Jack'' has been performed under the title ''My Son Jack''. Television (2007) A television drama based on Haig's play was filmed in August 2007, with Haig as Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe as Jack Kipling. It was distributed by Granada and Ecosse Films. It was broadcast on ITV1 and TV3 (Ireland) at 9pm on Sunday 11 November 2007, Remembrance Day. Recent research John Kipling's body was never found, despite his father's extensive search. In 1992 the Commonwealth War Graves Commission claimed to have identified his body. However, Tonie and V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |