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We have information on 2 plays by Tim Baker
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| The Way it Was |
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presented in 2006
by Clwyd Theatr Cymru |
synopsis:
A portrait of Wales in wartime, The Way It Was draws upon both the reminiscence of local people, and popular songs of the time to explore both the eccentric and austere experiences of daily life on the Home Front.
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| THE WAY IT WAS |
First
presented in 2005
by Clwyd Theatr Cymru |
synopsis:
A comedy about the Home Front in Wales to mark the 60th Anniverary of the end of World War II.
Following the huge success of Flora’s War Tim Baker, Clwyd Theatr Cymru’s award-winning Associate Director, has written a new play The Way It Was.
A portrait of in wartime, The Way It Was draws upon both the reminiscences of local people, and popular songs of the time to explore both the eccentric and austere experiences of daily life on the Home Front.
When war is declared in 1939 Jack Hopkins forms a musical combo to keep up spirits, but when his son Ioan is called up they are left without a pianist. Soon a young teacher who can play arrives in the village. But is she who she says she is?
Meanwhile Flora is waging a war against her older sister, and when a young evacuee arrives from London she has reinforcements.
The Way It Was tells Jack and Flora’s story in a brilliant, often humorous evocation of home life in a rural community in Wales.
It takes audiences on a vibrant, historical a real celebration of the wartime spirit in Wales!
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