Lawrence: After Arabia

'Lawrence: A Silent Passing' tells the story of the 20th century hero, T.E. Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia, and the last ten years of his life. It follows the publication of his book 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', his posting to India, his friendships with the writers (GB Shaw, Thomas Hardy, Henry Williamson, EM Forster, Siegfried Sassoon and others) and politicians (Winston Churchill, Lady Astor and others) and concludes with his untimely and unexplained death aged 46 in a motorcycle accident in 1935 - an accident which many believe was engineered by the British Secret Service. During that decade Lawrence centred his life at Cloud's Hill, his simple cottage near Bovington in Dorset. From this time Lawrence of Arabia spent the rest of his life escaping the epithet, using pseudonyms and changing his name. There is also strong evidence that, in common with many other soldiers, he suffered from depression brought on by Post-War Syndrome. In addition his uncompromising and direct manner created many powerful and influential enemies. Chronologically the story follows on from David Lean's 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962) with the late Peter O'Toole playing Lawrence and 'Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia' (1990) with Ralph Fiennes who played the title role. The screenplay is a historically accurate British period drama. A character study of a man using extracts from letters and other contemporaneous documents from the period to reconstruct the final years of Lawrence's life, the accident, the inquest and his funeral and explores why there was a Secret Service conspiracy to have him murdered.