The Shadow Factory

Howard Brenton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Nick Hern Books

Published:8th Feb '18

Should be back in stock very soon

The Shadow Factory cover

Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages. Southampton is home to Britain's only hope of victory: the Spitfire. But when the Luftwaffe drops 2,300 bombs in three devastating raids, the city goes up in flames and the Woolston Supermarine Spitfire factory is destroyed. From the ashes, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges. Jackie is the third generation of Dimmock at her family-run laundry. Polly is the first and only draughtswoman in the Spitfire design office. How will each woman forge her own path in this evolving landscape?

'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 Tim

ISBN: 9781848427396

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

80 pages