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''My Boy Jack'' is the name of a 1997 play ([[My Boy Jack (play)|My Boy Jack]]) written by English actor [[David Haig]]. It examines how grief affected [[Rudyard Kipling]] and his family following the death of his son, John (known as Jack), at the [[Battle of Loos]] in 1915. It includes a recitation of the poem, ''My Boy Jack''.<ref>Selby, Al. - News: [http://www.bensilverstone.net/myboyjack.asp Review ''My Boy Jack'']. - bensilverstone.net.</ref> [[Ben Silverstone]] first played Jack Kipling on stage, while [[Daniel Radcliffe]] took over the role for the [[ITV]] screen adaptation of the same name ([[My Boy Jack (film)|My Boy Jack]]). Haig played Rudyard Kipling in both stage and screen shows. |
''My Boy Jack'' is the name of a 1997 play ([[My Boy Jack (play)|My Boy Jack]]) written by English actor [[David Haig]]. It examines how grief affected [[Rudyard Kipling]] and his family following the death of his son, John (known as Jack), at the [[Battle of Loos]] in 1915. It includes a recitation of the poem, ''My Boy Jack''.<ref>Selby, Al. - News: [http://www.bensilverstone.net/myboyjack.asp Review ''My Boy Jack'']. - bensilverstone.net.</ref> [[Ben Silverstone]] first played Jack Kipling on stage, while [[Daniel Radcliffe]] took over the role for the [[ITV]] screen adaptation of the same name ([[My Boy Jack (film)|My Boy Jack]]). Haig played Rudyard Kipling in both stage and screen shows. |
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Revision as of 23:26, 21 January 2010
My Boy Jack is a 1915 poem by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling wrote it after his beloved son, John (called Jack) went missing in the Battle of Loos, during World War I. It was years before Kipling and his family had Jack's death confirmed.
In 1992, the site believed to hold Jack Kipling's body was found and a gravestone erected.[1] Five years later, war historians Tonie and Valmai Holt declared that the stone stood over the grave of the wrong man and asked for the case to be reopened.[2]
Text of the poem
“Have you news of my boy Jack?”
Not this tide.
“When d’you think that he’ll come back?”
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.
“Has any one else had word of him?”
Not this tide.
For what is sunk will hardly swim,
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.
“Oh, dear, what comfort can I find?”
None this tide,
Nor any tide,
Except he did not shame his kind —
Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide.
Then hold your head up all the more,
This tide,
And every tide;
Because he was the son you bore,
And gave to that wind blowing and that tide!
Dramatisation
My Boy Jack is the name of a 1997 play (My Boy Jack) written by English actor David Haig. It examines how grief affected Rudyard Kipling and his family following the death of his son, John (known as Jack), at the Battle of Loos in 1915. It includes a recitation of the poem, My Boy Jack.[3] Ben Silverstone first played Jack Kipling on stage, while Daniel Radcliffe took over the role for the ITV screen adaptation of the same name (My Boy Jack). Haig played Rudyard Kipling in both stage and screen shows. It was a good movie up untill the dramatic sex sceene.
Musical Settings
"My Boy Jack", song for medium voice and piano by Betty Roe. [4]
Neofolk singer Andrew King recorded a song showcasing the lyrics to this poem.
Setting for voice and concertina by Peter Bellamy. [5]
See also
References
- ^ Holt, Major Tonie, and Valmai Holt, (2001). - My Boy Jack?: The Search for Kipling's Only Son. - London: Leo Cooper. - Pen and Sword Books. - ISBN 9780850528596
- ^ Smith, David. - "'Wrong man' in Kipling son's grave". - The Observer. - (c/o guardian.uk.com). - 4 November 2007.
- ^ Selby, Al. - News: Review My Boy Jack. - bensilverstone.net.
- ^ Seven Songs by Betty Roe - Thames Publishing 1993.
- ^ Recorded on the LP "Keep on Kipling" (FE 032) Side 2, track 6.