Workers Play Time (Paperback)

Eileen Murphy

ISBN 10: 1780264275 / ISBN 13: 9781780264271

Published by New Internationalist Publications Ltd, Oxford, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. Characters from Tolpuddle to Trico, from the early struggles for organisation to the recent struggles to save the youth service, speak out in the dozen plays collected in Volume One. The plays had tremendous reception in performance over the years, and are all printed here for the permanent record for the first time and to encourage new productions. A collection of plays born from the great struggles of the Trade Union movement. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9781780264271

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Workers Play Time (Paperback)
• Publisher: New Internationalist Publications Ltd, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780264275
• ISBN 13: 9781780264271
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Characters from the Tolpuddle Martyrs of the nineteenth century to the women working for US firm Trico in the 1970s, from the early struggles for organization to the ongoing fight against zero-hours contracts, speak out here in seven plays collected in Volume One. The plays had tremendous reception in performance over the years, and are all printed here for the permanent record for the first time and to encourage new productions.

About the Author

Doug Nicholls is General Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU). Doug has written very widely on trade unionism, history, literature and youth work.