It's 1940 and across the country women are leaving their homes, shops and offices to take up new roles in the Women's Land Army. These Land Girls quickly learn new farming skills involving stock and crops.

Back to the Land takes a warm-hearted look at the lives and loves of a group of Land Girls making the best of their new situation in a hostel not very far from Berwick upon Tweed. Hailing from every class and county, sometimes jealousy and intrigue break out, but unity is ultimately achieved through the shared goal of safeguarding the nation's food production.

Based on the recollections of the women themselves, andliberally punctuated with the song and dance of World War II the play featured some Land Army veterans as themselves.

A brand new musical, a wonderfully upbeat story of unrequited love and a great comedy all rolled into one.

Think about it. Think what you could achieve without women in your life. If all the time you spent on them, you spent on yourself. Think how much money you could save. Think how much aggravation you could avoid.

Journeying from the West Indies to England, Ferdy, Lennie, Dennis and Bernie are eager to make successes of themselves and take full advantage of what they think 'The Big Life' has to offer. So they pledge to abstain from women for three years. But Mary, Kathy, Zuleika and Sybil have other ideas. They know that man cannot live by bread alone! Will the men stick with their idea of The Big Life, or will Cupid have the final say? 

The painful and sometimes farcical life of a defiant young poet, Sally Banner, as she attempts—through her school days, lovers, marriage and politics—to extract meaning from her environment.

Music by Frank Arndt.

Published individually, and also available in Australian Women’s Drama and Dorothy Hewett's Collected Plays Volume I