Mary Barton (Nhb Modern Plays) - Softcover

Gaskell, Elizabeth

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9781854599513: Mary Barton (Nhb Modern Plays)

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ISBN 10: 1854599518 ISBN 13: 9781854599513

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2007

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Set in Manchester between 1837 and 1842, Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England. It concerns Mary Barton, a mill worker’s daughter eager to rise through the ranks, and her father, who shoots dead the mill owner’s son. This adaptation offers a stirring narrative with real insight into the lives of the Victorian working classes.

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About the Author:

Rona Munro is 'one of Scotland's brightest dramatists' (The Times). She won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award for Bold Girls in 1991 and the Peggy Ramsay Award for The Maiden Stone in 1995. Her most recent play, Iron, transferred from the Edinburgh Traverse to the Royal Court, London (2002-3). She also wrote the screenplay for Ken Loach's Ladybird, Ladybird and a version of The House of Bernarda Alba for Shared Experience.

Review:

"'An exceptionally gripping and deeply moving play... This is psychological drama at its best' Daily Telegraph on Iron"

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