Rahere, Musket and Teribus

As I haven't offered any personal views on the conduct of the Great War, I am at a loss to understand how you can criticise my views.

From: Teribus Date: 17 Nov 14 - 10:11 AM
Only running from the simple question put to the Author Alan Clark i.e.
Question "Where did it come from?
Answer from Alan Clark "Well I invented it"

Teribus, do stop squirming over your claim about the origin of the phrase 'lions led by donkeys'.

Clark did not invent the phrase. And, as you have now confirmed, it was already well-known when he published his book. Indeed, to call his book The Donkeys would have been pointless had it not been.

Returning to the thread for a moment, do you accept Wikipedia's claim that the book had an influence on the show? If not, why then did Alan Clark receive a credit in the playbill?