REVIEW: First Light a new play by Mark Hayhurst at Chichester Festival Minerva Theatre

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jun 2016, 12:47 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:01 BST
Mark Hayhurst in rehearsals for Chichester Festival Theatre's production of First Light. Photo Manuel HarlanMark Hayhurst in rehearsals for Chichester Festival Theatre's production of First Light. Photo Manuel Harlan
Mark Hayhurst in rehearsals for Chichester Festival Theatre's production of First Light. Photo Manuel Harlan
A simple gravestone. One of countless thousands on the battlefields of the Somme and Flanders.

All virtually identical except for the name, regiment and the date.

‘10495 Private A Ingham, Manchester Regiment, 1st December 1916.’