MEET TOMMY ATKINS at the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham.
The story starts on the final day of the First World War and then, in leaps of approximately ten years, takes us into the late fifties. The tale encompasses all the trials and tribulations facing ex-soldiers in a land fit for heroes – the difficulty in finding gainful employment, adjusting to civilian life and so on, all issues we are familiar with today. But also the good, positive things like the creation of the Welfare State after WW2 .
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