8 Feb 2018Size: 198mm x 129mm
8 Feb 2018Size: 297mm x 210mm
8 Feb 2018
The Shadow Factory
Paperback
£13.99£11.19
A4 Spiral-bound
£16.99£13.59
Ebook
£13.99£11.19
Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages.
Southampton is home to our only hope of victory: the Spitfire. But, in one of many devastating raids on the town, the Luftwaffe destroy the Woolston Supermarine Spitfire factory. The Government requisitions local businesses to use as shadow factories – but meets resistance. Fred Dimmock won’t give up his family laundry for anyone.
As the Dimmocks, and other families, struggle to keep control of their lives and livelihoods, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.
Telling the remarkable story of how a city triumphed over adversity, Howard Brenton's play The Shadow Factory opened Southampton's brand-new theatre, NST City, in 2018, directed by Nuffield Southampton Theatres' Director Samuel Hodges.
A4 Edition also available
This play is also available as an A4 Edition, offering spiral binding, a larger print size and additional space for notes. To order the play in this format, simply select the 'A4 Spiral-bound' option above. Please note A4 Editions are only available for delivery within the UK.
'A bolshy drama… unearths a fascinating piece of local history'
Guardian'Ambitious and absorbing... mixes the intimate with the panoramic'
The Times'Brenton is a master of portraying major historical episodes on an individual human scale... it’s valuable that a play like this exists'
Financial Times8 Feb 2018Size: 198mm x 129mm
8 Feb 2018Size: 297mm x 210mm
8 Feb 2018