Coursework Piece 1 Idea

For my first piece, I would like to write a monologue about a soldier's last moments before he dies in the trenches of WW1. I want to include reflections of his life and how he ended up where he is now. I am writing with the purpose of entertaining an audience of older theatre-goers and inform them of what it was like to  die in the war. In the end, I want the reader/listener to feel the soldier's pain, disorientation and desperation, to thin about how so many lives were taken and to know that their last thoughts are of those you love and not thoughts of hatred or vengeance.