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The Accrington Pals

Af: Peter Whelan Engelsk Paperback

The Accrington Pals

Af: Peter Whelan Engelsk Paperback
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‘One of the best plays ever written about the First World War’
GUARDIAN

‘To say that it leaves you emotionally shattered feels like an insult to those bygone souls and the horrors the faced, but quietly shattering it is, all the same’
DAILY TELEGRAPH

A battalion of 1,000 young men raised in 1914 from volunteers in the Accrington area of East Lancashire go to war. They are destined to see their first real action on 1st July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, still regarded as the greatest British military disaster with huge loss of life. Not many return to Accrington alive or intact.

Whelan’s play traces these men’s history through individual stories, but his special interest lies in the lives of the women left behind, battling with their own problems, deprived of their relationships with husbands and lovers, undertaking traditionally male roles, and kept in doubt by the misinformation of wartime propaganda.

Their moving stories interweave in scenes that are often comic, but which reach a devastating climax as the news of the disastrous battle finally reaches them.

Commentary and notes by John Davey.

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‘One of the best plays ever written about the First World War’
GUARDIAN

‘To say that it leaves you emotionally shattered feels like an insult to those bygone souls and the horrors the faced, but quietly shattering it is, all the same’
DAILY TELEGRAPH

A battalion of 1,000 young men raised in 1914 from volunteers in the Accrington area of East Lancashire go to war. They are destined to see their first real action on 1st July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, still regarded as the greatest British military disaster with huge loss of life. Not many return to Accrington alive or intact.

Whelan’s play traces these men’s history through individual stories, but his special interest lies in the lives of the women left behind, battling with their own problems, deprived of their relationships with husbands and lovers, undertaking traditionally male roles, and kept in doubt by the misinformation of wartime propaganda.

Their moving stories interweave in scenes that are often comic, but which reach a devastating climax as the news of the disastrous battle finally reaches them.

Commentary and notes by John Davey.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 176
ISBN-13: 9781474283267
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1474283268
Kategori: Skuespil
Udg. Dato: 27 jul 2017
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 27 jul 2017
Forfatter(e): Peter Whelan
Forfatter(e) Peter Whelan


Kategori Skuespil


ISBN-13 9781474283267


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 176


Udgave


Længde 15mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 27 jul 2017


Oplagsdato 27 jul 2017


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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