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Spitfire Girls
Katherine Senior
The Shadow Factory
by Howard Brenton
Synopsis
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, The Shadow Factory opened Southampton’s brand-new theatre, NST City, in 2018, directed by Nuffield Southampton Theatres’ Director Samuel Hodges.
Publication
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year 2018
Binding Paperback
Pages 80
Language English
ISBN-13 9781848427396
ISBN-10 1848427395
eISBN-13 9781788500272
LCC PR6052.R426
The Shadow Factory is a British historical play written by Howard Brenton and published by Nick Hern Books (2018).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books (eISBN 9781788500272).
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