Band of Hope
Dispatches on the Band of Hope – North Wales
Post by Jenny Hughes ‘A Prize Recitation’ – Band of Hope Review, 1906 It was good to present research on Band of Hope theatricals at the Theatre and Performance Research (TaPRA) conference at Worcester University last week – you can read a post on the presentation here – ‘Audible […]
Audible and voluble expressions – part 2 (1887)
Post by Jenny Hughes I’ve been researching theatrical entertainments in Victorian workhouses, and have come across an extraordinary range of work that might be described as ‘fledgling’ social theatre from the 19th century, from missionary and temperance theatricals to solidarity and charity performances by popular performers, to amateur performances by […]
Temperance drama and the poor
Post by Jenny Hughes I’ve been looking at temperance entertainments in a Rochdale workhouse in the 1880s – as part of a broader project to explore what can be learnt about the early histories of ‘social theatre’ or ‘applied theatre’ from theatrical engagements with the poor in 19th century workhouses […]