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The play Waterloo revolves round a retired military hero, Gregory Brewster. He was ninety six years old. He was a corporal in Royal Scots Guards. He had won a medal for courage in the battle of Waterloo. He spends the last days of his life remembering his great deeds of glory.
Norah was the grand niece of Gregory Brewster. She had come to his house in Woolwich to help him. The corporal used to sleep till 10 O' clock in the morning. One-day Sergeant Archie McDonald had come to visit the corporal. As he was asleep he saw the medal as well as a piece of print hanging by the fire place. The sergeant read all the heroic deeds of the corporal.
During the battle of Waterloo, the troops were running short of gun powder. Brewster succeeded in his attempts to make the cart pass through the flames. So he was awarded a medal by Prince Regent the first gentle man of England.
Norah offered a cup of tea to the corporal. The sergeant came again to invite corporal Brewster to visit Scots Gaurds. In the meantime, the corporal asked Norah to read about the battle of Armageddan from the Bible. The colonel of the Scot Gaurds, James Midwinter, came to their house after sometime. He told him that the officers of the Battaleon wanted to give some present to give him honour. Brewster could not forget how he fought in the battle. It was fresh in his memory. Talking about that he breathed his last.
The play reflects the mentality of a true soldier with humour, pathos and spirit of courage.
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