temperance Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:26:07 +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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]]> 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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