Accrington Pals, The
- Full Length Play, Drama, 1910s / WWI
- 5M, 5F
- ISBN: 9780573110092
At times funny, at times sad, The Accrington Pals paints a moving and powerful picture of the changes in civilian life during wartime.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: 1910s / WWI
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
This lyrical, absorbing play, premiered by the RSC, is set in Accrington during 1914-16. The "Pals" are the men from the local volunteer battalion who march high-spiritedly off to the Great War with their experiences in the trenches contrasted with those of the women left behind.
At times funny, at times sad, it paints a moving and powerful picture of the changes in civilian life during wartime.
At times funny, at times sad, it paints a moving and powerful picture of the changes in civilian life during wartime.
Premiere Production:
The Accrington Pals was first presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Warehouse, London, on 10th April 1981.
Characters
- Casting: 5M, 5F
TOM - an apprentice, nineteen
RALPH - a clerk, nineteen or so
EVA - a millgirl, the same age as Ralph
SARAH - a married mill worker, mid-twenties
BERTHA - a millgirl, eighteen
ANNIE - a housewife, late thirties
ARTHUR - her husband, of similar age
REGGIE - her son, forteen-fifteen
C.S.M. RIVERS - a regular soldier, thirties/forties
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This lyrical, absorbing play, premiered by the RSC, is set in Accrington during 1914-16. The "Pals" are the men from the local volunteer battalion who march high-spiritedly off to the Great War with their experiences in the trenches contrasted with those of the women left behind. |
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