: Rachel Harper
: Wellington 24
: Nick Hern Books
: 9781788507363
: Multiplay Drama
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An upbeat and empowering wartime tale about teamwork, collaboration and beating the odds. It's 1943, World War II rages on, and the men are gone. It's left to the 'women in the workmen's boots' to pick up the pieces in the factory. They're being relied upon to build the planes that could win the war, and they take the responsibility seriously. On this particular day, they're attempting to build a Wellington bomber in record-breaking time: under twenty-four hours. As temperatures rise and prejudices bubble up, will they be able to pull together in time?  Rachel Harper's play Wellington 24 was first performed by the students at Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, as part of the Write the Girl project. The Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series features large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people. For more information, visit www.multiplaydrama.co.uk.

Rachel Harper is a writer and actor born and raised in Wrexham, North Wales. Her debut full-length play Rattled ran at the Old Red Lion, London, in 2019 earning her an OFFIE nomination. Since then, she has gone on to write original comedy for BBC Wales, has several comedy dramas commissioned to pilot with various independents, and has written many episodes of the BBC medical drama Casualty. Her play Wellington 24 was first performed by the students at Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, as part of the Write the Girl project.

ACT ONE

Scene One: Fuselage

A busy factory floor full of WOMENat work in brown overalls, curlers and headscarves. Everyone has a job to do. The voice of a CANADIAN OFFICERspeaks. [His lines are direct transcript from the original short film (see References).You have the option of lifting the original audio from that short film should the director wish. The stage can remain as busy or quiet as wanted, with workers all doing their part.]

OFFICER. This is a bomber factory in Britain. The workers have arranged with their management and their joint production committee to build a bomber in the record time of thirty hours and they asked us to make a film record of it.

While some people cultivate victory gardens in their leisure hours, the people of this factory build bombers in their spare time. We went along with our cameras to try and keep pace with this record-breaking attempt. It was quite a job.

So one Saturday morning not so long ago, we had our cameras in position when the workers arrived at the factory.

Enter RUTHand EILEENcarrying two sections of fuselage. They’re interrupted by one of the many<