Oh! What a Lovely War

World War I is given the musical treatment, told in a series of a song-and-dance vignettes. Throughout we follow the Smith family, stand-ins for the British working class, who initially view the war with sunny optimism. But, after the Smith boys Jack[C26], Freddy[C27], Harry[C24]and George[C25]witness the reality of trench warfare, their illusions are inevitably shattered, and the best they can hope for is survival.