The Accrington Pals

By:

Peter Whelan

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Hardback

Series:

Student Editions

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The Accrington Pals is a poignant and harrowing play set in the early years of the First World War as the country'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. It is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition with commentary and notes by John Davey, Acting Head and Lecturer at the University of West London, which provide a comprehensive contextual background and elucidation of the text, and its dramatic qualities.

Author Biography:

Peter Whelan was one of the foremost playwrights of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He began his career in advertising and short film scripting before starting to write for the stage. In 1996 he was appointed an Honorary Artistic Associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His numerous plays include The Accrington Pals, A Revolutionary Marriage, The Earthly Paradise, A Russian in the Woods, Overture, Divine Right, The Herbal Bed, Shakespeare Country and The School of Night. John Davey is Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at West London University, where he leads the BA Theatre Production course. As well as having taught extensively at various levels, he is an experienced theatre director.

Release date Australia

July 27th, 2017

Author

Peter Whelan

Series

Student Editions

Contributor

Volume editor John Davey

Pages

176

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

ISBN-13

9781474285667

Product ID

26163138

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