recitation Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:20:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Dispatches on the Band of Hope – North Wales http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/dispatches-on-the-band-of-hope-north-wales/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:47:20 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=847 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 […]

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]]> 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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