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Its holiday week in the Lancashire town of Hindle; just before the First World War. Fanny Hawthorne; a spirited; determined mill girl; has just returned from a weekend in Blackpool with her friend Mary Hollins. At least thats what she tells her parents. In fact; shes been spending the weekend with Alan Jeffcote; a wealthy mill owners son who is engaged to someone else. When Fannys parents discover the truth; they set out to ensure that Alan will do the decent thing and marry her ndash; only to discover that Fanny has her own ideas on the matter... One of the first plays to have a working class female protagonist; Hindle Wakes was hugely controversial at the time of its writing.