Heroes

We saw Tom Stoppard's play 'Heroes' on Saturday at His Majesty's Theatre here in Aberdeen. Tom Stoppard has adapted Gérald Sibleyras’ comedy about three old men living out the remainder of their days in a French veterans hospital. Gustave, Philippe and Henri are very different characters but there is a strong bond between them. Great dialogue and some really funny lines. Also a very poignant ending which brought a tear to my eye.


This quote is taken from another of Tom Stoppard's plays but could just as easily have come from 'Heroes'.


"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered." Tom Stoppard - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead