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AISHA: NOW, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
PLAY WITHIN A FILM IS THAT IT'S SET INSIDE A THEATER DURING
WORLD WAR II AND THE CAST AND CREW OF THE PLAY ARE DEALING
WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE BOMBINGS GOING ON OUTSIDE THE
THEATER AS YOU'RE PREPARING TO PERFORM.
YOU GREW UP AROUND THIS TIME. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE
BOMBINGS THAT WERE ACTUALLY GOING ON IN YOUR HOMETOWN OF
WALES?
ANTHONY: I WAS BORN IN AN INDUSTRIAL TOWN AND THERE WAS
ANOTHER TOWN DOWN TO COAST, DOCKINGS HARKS BOWERTOWN.
THE GERMANS BOMBED IT FLAT, AND I REMEMBER THAT.
I REMEMBER THE GERMAN AIRCRAFT GOING OVER OUR HOUSE AND MANY
HOUSES GOING UP TO BOND LIVERPOOL AND YOU COULD HEAR
THEM -- AND THEN THEY WOULD FLY BACK.
WE'D GO TO THE AREA OF THE GARDEN AND YOU COULD HEAR THE
GUNS, BUM, BUM, BUM.
I WAS KID SO FOR ME IT WAS KIND OF FUN.
BUT THE WAR IS NOT FUN. SARA: SOUND LIKE IT.
ANTHONY: THE END OF THE WAR, I REMEMBER ALL THAT.
SO IT'S -- AND THIS PLAY, TAKING PLACE IN THE AREA I REMEMBER.
I DON'T REMEMBER BOMBS DROPPING BUT I COULD SEE THE FLASHES OF
THE GUNS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT.