Five Short WW1 Homefront Playscripts

Fascinating scripts using a variety of dramatic techniques, written from the point of view of young people and children are based on research and true stories.

The five plays are:

1. Aliens? - A play exploring the story of Winifred Burnet trying to help her friend who falls victim to the Sheffield anti-German riots in May 1915. The play also reflects the status of women at the time of World War I.
2. Ernest - A play telling the story of a young man called Ernest Misson and his family across the whole of World War I. It explores the impact of his father’s service during World War I and subsequent injury.
3. Heroes? - A play that tells the story of Arnold Loosemore who was awarded the Victoria Cross, from the point of view of his son after the war.
4. Buck Up! - A play about Painted Fabrics and organisation set up after World War I in Sheffield to enable disabled servicemen to work. It is written from the point of view of the children that grew up there and in particular tells the story of Arthur Fisher and his family.
5. Daisies on the Cross tells the story of 4 forgotten young women killed in a munitions accident at Langwith from the point of view of their younger brother and sisters.