The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester by Ben East

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: With preparations well under way for next year's First World War centenary, it would be easy to cast Peter Whelan's 1981 play as a timely tribute to the sacrifice of millions of young men in the trenches. But this is as much a story about the women left behind. When director James Dacre emphasises the point that, actually, the war is showing up "men for creating myst…

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