The private war of Corporal Cooper

John Broughton

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The private war of Corporal Cooper

John Broughton

Playlunch: five short New Zealand plays

Otago University Press, 2nd

18/09/2012

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The Private War of Corporal Cooper by John Broughton is a powerful, short, one act play set in New Zealand in 1916. When Corporal Johnny Cooper, a soldier with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force in France receives a pair of socks in a Red Cross parcel from Sister Mary Bartholomew, a nun who is knitting for the soldiers, he finds her name on a note inside. Unaware she is a nun, he writes back. This story is spiritual, dramatic, and touching.

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Record Identifier: 9926742669801891
Title: The private war of Corporal Cooper
Creators: John Broughton
Contributors: Chris Prentice (Editor) - University of Otago, English and Linguistics
Lisa Warrington (Editor)
Academic Unit: Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences; English and Linguistics
Publication Details: Playlunch: five short New Zealand plays
Publisher: Otago University Press
Date published ; e-published: 18/09/2012
Comment: The published version is not available in full-text in OUR Archive.
Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Script

The private war of Corporal Cooper

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