Onward Buildings Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:20:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Audible and voluble expressions – part 2 (1887) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-audible-and-voluble-expression-part-2-1887/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:24:30 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=805 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 […]

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