TWO: A Nation Remembers? 1921–1939
* The Victory Medal was awarded in 1919 to everyone who had served in the war. On the one side was the winged figure of Victory, while on the reverse was the legend ‘The Great War For Civilization 1914–1919’ surrounded by a wreath.
THREE: Fifty Years On 1945–2000
* Both Taylor and Littlewood were prominent supporters of the CND: when Canon John Collins decided to hold a rally in support of the CND at the Albert Hall, he had invited Littlewood to stage it, and the proceedings included Taylor receiving a march-past of Scottish pipers.
* It is unclear why the exclamation mark shifted, but Littlewood herself sometimes included it at the end of the title and sometimes didn’t, and seems also to have been indecisive about the comma she sometimes but not always placed after the ‘Oh’. The published text of the play dispenses with both.