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Father tortured by hindsight

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From: The Northern Echo
Date: 20071108
Author:Steve Pratt

Hero of the British Empire, Rudyard Kipling, was haunted by his fatal decision to persuade the Irish Guards to take his sight- challenged son Jack to the First World War battlefields. Actor David Haig turned this tragic event into a stage play which is now a TV film. Steve Pratt reportsTWENTY-TWO years ago, while appearing on Broadway, actor David Haig was given a biography of Rudyard Kipling by American co-star Ed Herrmann. He was a great Anglophile who particularly loved Kipling and, in the front cover, had written, "Here's hoping your Rudyard comes to pass".When Haig opened the book and ...

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