The Marlow Players

The Accrington Pals April 2006

First presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Warehouse, London, on 10 April 1981

This lyrical and absorbing play is set in the Lancashire town of Accrington during the first two years of the Great War. The 'Pals' are the men from the local volunteer battalion who march high-spiritedly of to war. Their experiences in the trenches are contrasted with those of the women left behind, adapting to new patterns of life and drawing together in the face of social and sexual deprivation. In particular, the attitudes of May, the hard-working and strong-minded vegetable-stall holder, are contrasted with those of her idealistic and naively optimistic lodger Tom, and also with those of Eva, her generous-hearted friend.

 

At times funny, at times sad, the play paints a moving and powerful picture of the changes in civilian life during wartime.

http://www.pals.org.uk/

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