Not a Game For Girls

Not a Game For Girls

Not a Game For Girls

Benjamin Peel

Not a Game For Girls

Not a Game For Girls

Benjamin Peel

Overview

Not A Game For Girls explores the most successful of the women’s football teams established to boost wartime morale, following the suspension of all Football League matches at the end of the 1914-15 season. The play aims to highlight their story, capturing the spirit and camaraderie that led women to ignore and defy prevailing social attitudes, both on and off the pitch.

Cautions

  • Caution Smoking Smoking

Details

  • Genre: Period
  • Time Period: 1920s, 1910s / WWI
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble cast, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences

Authors

Benjamin Peel

Benjamin Peel
Benjamin Peel has worked with Northern Broadsides, Tiebreak Theatre and on Emmerdale as a stage manager. He has had various pieces performed at scratch nights and rehearsed readings and also wrote a short film called The Runner which was screened at the 2018 Fear in the Fens ...
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