Winner of an RSC competition - write a 'missing scene' from the film Lawrence of Arabia

The winner of an RSC competition that invited people to write a 'missing scene' from the film Lawrence of Arabia, is Andrew Fawn, of London.

Andrew, who works in film casting, wrote a scene depicting the way that the chemist Herbert Garland taught TE Lawrence how to lay explosives to derail enemy trains during the First World War in the desert campaign:

The BBC ran a story about the RSC competition in December 2012. Scripts submitted by the public were judged by television and radio author Nick Warburton.

The RSC uncovered in 2010 the remarkable history of one of its members Herbert Garland. Read the Daily Telegraph article: Garland of Arabia: the forgotten story of TE Lawrence's brother-in-arms.

Herbert Garland and Lawrence of Arabia - Screenplay Competition entry by Andrew Fawn

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