Lilies on the Land – The Forgotten Women’s Land Army of World War II – A Documentary Play

Hildegard Klein

doi:10.2478/v10320-012-0039-0

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Lilies on the Land – The Forgotten Women’s Land Army of World War II – A Documentary Play

Gender Studies

Volume 11 (2012): Issue 1 (November 2012)

By: Hildegard Klein

Open Access

|Feb 2013

Abstract

This paper centres on a play directed by Sonia Ritter and produced by the Lions part that portrays an extraordinary event in Britain’s recent history - the Women’s Land Army of World War II. It is based on real evidence given in hundreds of letters and interviews with former Land Girls. The anecdotes of their shared experience and strenuous work are presented by a female quartet - Margie, Peggy, Poppy and Vera - in a sparkling, captivating and emotional way.

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