| Collation |
ix, 166 pages ; 20 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Student editions |
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Methuen drama student editions.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166). |
| Note |
A play. |
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For 5 men, 5 women. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Whelan, Peter, 1931-2014. Accrington pals.
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Whelan, Peter, 1931-2014.
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English drama -- 20th century -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Accrington -- Drama.
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English drama. fast (OCoLC)fst00910737 |
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Social conditions. fast (OCoLC)fst01919811 |
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Accrington (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Accrington (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
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England -- Accrington. fast (OCoLC)fst01248902 |
| Alt Author |
Davey, John, 1937- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Stevens, Jennifer, 1957- editor.
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Megson, Christopher, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781474283267 |
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1474283268 |
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