The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Paperback / softback
by Robert Tressell
Part of the NHB Modern Plays series
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Passionate, highly entertaining and gloriously funny - Robert Tressell's classic pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group of housepainters and decorators is vividly adapted by Howard Brenton. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists recounts the little daily successes and the disasters of a group of working-class men, living under the constant fear of being laid off by employers forever looking for new corners to cut.
Both workers and bosses are caught in a system spiralling out of control, but why is it the workers always come out worse?Howard Brenton's stage adaptation, first performed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool in June 2010 in a co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre, lays bare the many social injustices perpetrated on these men whilst capturing their individual characters with touching truth to life.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date:17/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781848421073
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date:17/06/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781848421073
