The Accrington Pals
by Peter Whelan
The Accrington Pals is a play by Peter Whelan, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Warehouse, London, in April 1981 and first published by Methuen in London in 1982. It contrasts the Accrington battalion's experience of the Somme with the women left behind at home.
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- Methuen, 1982
- First published
- Methuen, London, 1982
The first edition of The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan was published in London by Methuen in 1982. We track 2 editions.
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Who published the first edition of The Accrington Pals?
The first edition of The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan was published in London by Methuen in 1982.
How many editions of The Accrington Pals are there?
We track 2 editions of The Accrington Pals, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Accrington Pals (play), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Accrington Pals: a play (London: French, 1982), Internet Archive (archive.org)
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