The Firewatchers
- By:
- Laura Stevens
- Cast:
- Abigail Thaw and Michelle Tate
- Director:
- Katie Lewis
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Search Amazon for The Firewatchers items Search for tickets at TicketmasterThe Home Front 1939-1945 forms a dominant part of the GCSE history syllabus. Every year, hoards of schoolchildren swot up on the figures and discover how the UK's 'tail' (civilians) supported its 'teeth' (military) as a vital contribution to Allied victory. Its posters' slogans are unmistakable, such as the inimitable homage to a muscular Rosie the Riveter urging "We Can Do It", and might tempt us to think about the period en masse - of a nation of women forced into work by the National Service Act, of the cumulative loss of life, and of the devastation of cities. However, as Laura Stevens' exceptional, wrenching testament to human courage on a rooftop reminds us, the war was also about individuals, about terror, and about "stories happening behind the closed blinds of every window"...
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