Denis William Reed
Interrogating the Images
Too Much to Bear, the stretcher bearer.
Untold stories of the First World War
‘The stretcher-bearer ferried him from hell,
A wounded soldier the blast of a shell.’
Poem by David Pearce
‘Too Much to Bear’ is an interactive audio performance with Leigh Johnstone from Fluid Motion Theatre which uncover his great grandfather’s experiences as a stretcher-bearer in the trenches during the First World War.
Photos of Leigh’s performance in the museum
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