So you've got Col; he's a bit of a live wire, you never know what you'll get with him. Then there are Jake and Ethel, and maybe they should have just stayed clear in the first place, although you could argue they did it to themselves - you keep the company of thieves, you can't expect to be civilised. And Glory and Harvey were just unlucky - you know, wrong place, wrong time... But this is Harvey, prone to temptation, and Glory isn't exactly blessed. But it's Ric you really feel for, he's the one with responsibilities. Young copper, new to the job, and usually it's such a nice, quiet,...
So you've got Col; he's a bit of a live wire, you never know what you'll get with him. Then there are Jake and Ethel, and maybe they should have just ...
The Accrington Pals is a poignant and harrowing play set in the early years of the First World War, as Britain's jingoistic optimism starts to wane and the true terror of warfare gradually becomes clear. The play looks at both the terrifying experiences of the men at the front and the women who were left behind to face social changes, deprivation and the lies of propaganda. While often comic vignettes portray the everyday life of a town denuded of men, the men face the terror that is the Battle of the Somme.
This compassionate play portrays the devastating effects of war on a...
The Accrington Pals is a poignant and harrowing play set in the early years of the First World War, as Britain's jingoistic optimism starts ...
'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...
'One of the best plays ever written about the First World War' GUARDIAN
'To say that it leaves you emotionally shattered feels like...
