A Bevin Boy's Progress by
4 Apr. 2021
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This powerful play stands as both an historical telling of the Bevin Boys who served as miners during WWII, and a personal narrative of a new conscript. Tom had dreamt of derring-do wartime adventures but instead finds himself in the cage at the top of the mine. The intense sensory descriptions of the cage and the drop are beautifully poetic but devastating. The addition of the Paul Robeson connection makes for an even more dramatic play. The Bevin Boys sacrifices went unrecognized for so long, so thank you Alice Josephs for this way to keep telling their stories. ”