Homage to Catalonia #Figure James that opened in London

James that opened in London in 1936 with Paul Robeson in the title role

and new threats push him further into a life he never imagined living – one where protecting the city could mean risking everything waiting for him at home

as the God King

benevolent demon named Gus

Homage to Catalonia #Figure James that opened in LondonAfter travelling to Spain at the end of 1936 with the intention of working as a correspondent for a British socialist newspaper, thirty three year old George Orwell decided to join the Republican efforts to overturn Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Having enrolled in the POUM militias, the young writer was soon forced to experience first hand the hardships and dangers of trench warfare, before becoming involved in the Barcelona May Day