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- ISBN 9781839043970
- Weight: 140g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 31 Oct 2024
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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In Whitby Harbour, in the summer of 1991, something extraordinary happened. A humble pleasure boat set sail for the Arctic, crewed by misfits, pensioners and the vicar for Egton and Grosmont.
This motley crew was assembled for a daring mission: to erect a plaque honouring the legendary Whitby whaler and explorer Captain William Scoresby Senior on a volcanic island hundreds of miles north of Iceland. The boat was illegal, the crew untrained and the plan... unhinged.
A joyful, (mostly) true story of British eccentricity and determination, Bea Roberts's play The Whitby Rebels premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, in 2024, directed by Paul Robinson.
Bea Roberts is a writer from the West Country. Her other plays include And Then Come The Nightjars (joint winner of the inaugural Theatre503 Playwriting Award) and Ivy Tiller: Vicar's Daughter, Squirrel Killer (for the Royal Shakespeare Company).
