The Old Mill Theatre Presents,

Breaker Morant (SOLD OUT)

The play depicts the infamous court martial of Harry 'Breaker' Morant (1864-1902), a drover, balladeer and poet who was executed for war crimes during the Second Boer War (1899-1902).
Morant participated in the killing of several Boer prisoners and a German missionary. Together with six other soldiers, he faced a court martial charged with murder - the three Australians (Morant, Handcock and Witton) were found guilty. Witton’s sentence was life imprisonment; Morant’s and Handcock’s death warrants were apparently signed by the British commander in South Africa Lord Kitchener, although he subsequently denied having done so. Morant’s execution by firing squad in Pretoria Gaol generated controversy which continues to this day. Harry Harbord Morant did “finish off in style”, according to the official account, refusing to wear the customary blindfold, looking the firing squad square in the eye and requesting, "Shoot straight you bastards and don't make a mess of it.”