poor law Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:17:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Temperance drama and the poor http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/temperance-drama-and-the-poor/ Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:43:22 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=558 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 […]

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]]> Pop up paupers, pathways and pauper mice at the Workhouse, Southwell http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/pop-up-paupers-pathways-and-pauper-mice-at-the-workhouse-southwell/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/pop-up-paupers-pathways-and-pauper-mice-at-the-workhouse-southwell/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:43:42 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=196 Post by Jenny Hughes On Sunday 24th August I went with Carran Waterfield from Triangle Theatre to the Workhouse at Southwell (Nottinghamshire). The workhouse was bought by the National Trust in 1997 and renovated with loving care and no expense spared to a condition as close to the original as possible, opening […]

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]]> http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/pop-up-paupers-pathways-and-pauper-mice-at-the-workhouse-southwell/feed/ 53 ‘Sinking stages’ – Jeremy Bentham and the education of pauper children http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:30:40 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=132 Post by Jenny Hughes Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), famously Liberal and utilitarian, is perhaps best known for his advocacy of ‘panopticon’ architectures for prisons, asylums, hospitals and schools. A panopticon is a circular building, with cells on an outside perimeter and an inspection tower in the centre. They are constructed according […]

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]]> http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/feed/ 38 Songs and recitations in the workhouse (2) – ‘Home Sweet Home’ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/songs-and-recitations-in-the-workhouse-2-home-sweet-home/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/songs-and-recitations-in-the-workhouse-2-home-sweet-home/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:48:05 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=127 Here is another post on songs and recitations in the workhouse (relating to the performance of the Orpheus glee club at the opening of Dearnley workhouse in Rochdale in 1877 – see ‘Songs and recitations in the workhouse – ‘A Fine Old English Gentleman’ blog post below). Given that we […]

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]]> http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/songs-and-recitations-in-the-workhouse-2-home-sweet-home/feed/ 51 The only way is Rochdale (3) http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-only-way-is-rochdale-3/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/the-only-way-is-rochdale-3/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:22:39 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=104 Post by Jenny Hughes To return to the records of entertainments taking place in Dearnley workhouse in Rochdale during the final third of the 19th century (see previous posts – The only way is Rochdale 1 and 2). I found at least one entertainment for each month of the years […]

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