In time o' strife / original script by Joe Corrie ; adaptation by Graham McLaren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corrie, Joe, author.

Contributor:

McLaren, Graham, contributor.

Series:

Modern Plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General Strike, Great Britain, 1926--Drama.

General Strike, Great Britain, 1926.

Fife (Scotland)--Drama.

Fife (Scotland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There's nae power on earth can crush the men who can sing on a day like this. A powerful re-imagining of Joe Corrie's neglected classic about a Fife mining community during the General Strike. To raise funds for the soup kitchens feeding the miners and their starving families, Corrie wrote In Time O' Strife in 1926 whilst on strike himself, exposing the brutal lives of a family staring hunger and defeat in the face. Some 87 years later, Graham McLaren has adapted, designed and directed this rarely performed classic play. Created by Graham McLaren ( Men Should Weep , A Christmas Carol ), the pr

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; The 1926 Text by Joe Corrie; Characters; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; The 2013 Adaptation by Graham McLaren ; The Adaptation; Interactive Footnotes; Production Team; Characters; Scene One; Scene Two; Scene Three; Scene Four; Scene Five; Scene Six; Scene Seven; Scene Eight; Scene Nine; Scene Ten; Scene Eleven; Scene Twelve; Scene Thirteen; Scene Fourteen; Scene Fifteen; Scene Sixteen; Scene Seventeen; Scene Eighteen; Scene Nineteen; Scene Twenty

Notes:

Originally by Joe Collie, adapted by Graham McLaren.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781472530417

1472530411

9781472523747

1472523741

OCLC:

862050020