Cast
Lily: A war wife and cinema usherette - Born in 1916, she is 27 in 1943 and died in 2003 aged 87
Nella: Lily's mother - Born in 1895, she was 21 when she gave birth to Lily in 1916, 48 in 1943 and died in 1977 aged 82
Sally: Lily's daughter - Born in January 1943, she was 27 when she gave birth to Lucy in 1970 and in 2003 she is 60
Lucy: Lily's granddaughter - Born in 1970, in 2003 she is 33
Sam: A Canadian serviceman in his late twenties in 1943
Ella: A cinema usherette in her early twenties in 1943
The play also references Nella's mother - Grace. Grace was born in 1876 and gave birth to Nella when she was 19 in 1895. She died in the influenza epidemic of 1918 aged 42.
Synopsis Set in 1945 and on the eve of the American lead invasion of Iraq in 2003, Home Fires is a study of the inherited relationships between four generations of women caught between tradition and progress. The story hinges on a diary written by Lily during World War Two and discovered by her daughter Sally and granddaughter Lucy as they clear out her house after her death. The diary reveals Lily's Second World War love affair and her mother's ability to talk to the dead. As secrets from the past unfold and long forgotten dreams surface, Sally and Lucy realize that the key to their future happiness is hidden in their family's history. Reviews Home Fires is an extraordinarily rich play. Rose's research can't be faulted - plenty of local knowledge and references, the right amount of contemporary commentary. BBC Lancashire interviewed Lesley Anne about the opening of the play. Click here to see the cast requirements
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