Daniel Radcliffe plays the title role in "My Boy Jack" presented on PBS's Masterpiece Theater, Sunday night, April 20th.
Variety Reviews it here.
It's not exactly "Equus," but Daniel Radcliffe's maturation into this young-adult role is merely one reason to watch a poignant, splendid "Masterpiece" production, which star David Haig adapts from his 1997 stage play. Although set during World War I, Haig and director Brian Kirk have captured the timeless pain of young men being sent off to war, oscillating between that ordeal and the starkly different one endured by his worried family. If there were any doubts, it also demonstrates that for Radcliffe, there is clearly life after Harry Potter.
Haig (featured in "Four Weddings and a Funeral") plays Rudyard Kipling, a hugely celebrated writer in 1914, when he was sounding the drumbeat for war against Germany and urging that "every fit young man must come forward to enlist." That includes his 17-year-old son Jack (Radcliffe), who Kipling pulls strings to get into the army, after the spectacle-wearing lad is unable to pass an eye exam.
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