Scorched Earth
by Una McCormack
'What would you undertake
To show yourself your father's son in deed
More than in words?'
Hamlet, Act IV, Scene VII
Prologue
I - After This Our Exile
Interlude
II - The Crimson Shadow
Interlude
III - Look On My Works
Interlude
IV - Despatches
Interlude
V - Father, Can't You See I'm Burning?
Acknowledgements and Background