THE OPENING of a Flintshire hall to receive wounded soldiers is to be the subject of a new play.

During the First World War Leeswood Hall played a significant part in caring for casualties of battle.

Violet Wynne-Eyton was one of the first to convert the hall, her home, into a military convalescent hospital.

Now the subject of a new play by Michael Stevens, life in the hall is recreated as it might have been on one particular day in November 1918.

Timed to coincide with the centenary of the declaration of the Armistice which was signed at 5.30 am on November 11, 1918 - to take effect from 11am later the same day - the drama A Wounded Peace, opens at Theatr Clwyd, Mold, on November 7.

Mr Stevens - known for his recreations of local stories and themes including Gresford, Shotton, and The Mold Riots - said: "I wanted to put the spotlight on local people and how they were affected by the war, particularly when British soldiers began to arrive in Wales, from Flanders, almost like foreigners themselves.

"The focus in the play is firmly on the survivors of the war, not only soldiers, but the nurses who cared for them, residents of Leeswood Hall and local people from Leeswood itself."

He has written the play for Suitcase Theatre, Flintshire’s community theatre company.

The play runs for four nights in the Emlyn Williams theatre at Theatr Clwyd, starting at 7.45pm Wednesday to Saturday, November 7 to 10.

Tickets for the play, priced at £9.95 and £8 concessions, are available from the Theatr Clwyd Box Office by calling 01352 701521 and on the theatre's website.