When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. Romantic drama about a mill girl who becomes romantically involved with the bosss son while on holiday in blackpool. In 1896, the family moved to 2 athol road, alexandra park, manchester, some two miles from the city centre. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york revival.
Hindle wakes is a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910. Great british cooking, jane garmey serves 6 matt bishop. In fact, i found it more of a womens liberation statement, which was. Nineteen twentyseven was a landmark year for silent cinema, and maurice elveys hindle wakes now impeccably restored by the british film institutewas part of it. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york. Fanny hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into alan jeffcote, the mill owners son. Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. Set during wakes week in a lancashire mill town hindle wakes is based on the vivid and controversial play by stanley houghton.
Whatever else one may criticise or attack, the sacredness of virtue must remain untouched. The root of all evil is a 1947 british drama film, directed by brock williams for gainsborough pictures and starring phyllis calvert and michael rennie. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u.
In a new century, the mint theater company is demonstrating that this littleknown play with its perplexing title is a compelling period piece. In 1896, the family moved to 2 athol road, alexandra park. Also the mint theatre companys shockinglymodernfeeling production of the 1910 play hindle wakes is a stunninglyexecuted show. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book without typos from the publisher. In the lancashire mill town of hindle, its wakes week and employees decamp enmass to blackpool, where a lowly millgirl strikes up a relationship with the millowners son.
Stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. Hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist.
Mint theater companys production of stanley houghtons hindle wakes, a british realistic play over a century old, vibrantly brings to the contemporary table sexual issues which preoccupy us today, however sublimated they may be by the overt needs of some to be politically correct. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth. Review of mint theater companys hindle wakes at theatre. In the nursery hindle wakes original soundtrack amazon. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes, an obscure british play from 1912 thats been dusted off and revivified by the mint theater company, begins with a storm. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill. Director gus kaikkonon and the mint theaters production of hindle wakes, written by stanley houghton, is both authentic to the 1912 original and speaks to issues of our time a perfect work for a company dedicated to remounting and introducing forgotten pieces of theater. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal. Many scenes the lonely cobbled street where fanny lives, the shot of an endless number of dancers at the giant blackpool ballroom are especially remarkable for being in. Hindle wakes 1952 cast and crew a factory worker lisa daniely falls for her boss son brian worth but enlists the aid of her girlfriend to keep it a secret.
Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue. Hornimans gaiety theatre in manchester and the aldwych theatre, london in the following year. Little hindle wakes 1 hour 30 min a centuriesold lancashire dish of cold, stuffed chicken, made here with lean boneless breast rather than a whole chicken, and fromage frais instead of cream. In hindle wakes, a mill owners son and a young woman have a few days of fun in a hotel before theyre discovered by their parents.
Long buried in a box marked forgotten was this remarkable play, now unearthed by jonathan banks mint theater company, which has brought it back to. In the nurserys score captures the spirit, passion and poignancy of the film with a modern accompaniment designed to. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. Jan 24, 2018 long buried in a box marked forgotten was this remarkable play, now unearthed by jonathan banks mint theater company, which has brought it back to shimmering life for a run at the beckett. The actors particularly the young women are brilliantly funny, witty, and engaging without becoming mere caricatures or types. The new score captures the spirit and passion of the film with a modern accompaniment designed to introduce new audiences to archives from the silent era. She tries to hide it from her interfering parents by saying she. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. The play is set in the fictional mill town of hindle in lancashire in england, and concerns two young persons, fanny hawthorn and alan jeffcote, who are discovered to have been having what would now be called a dirty weekend during their holiday, during the towns wakes week.
Performances will begin december 23rd and continue through february 17th at the clurman. Successful remake of one of the earliest british talkies. Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film. Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. The titles other half refers to the religious festival that evolved into a secular holiday for the areas various factory workers. Mint theater will present a rare revival the first in 95 years of stanley houghtons hindle wakes. Hindle wakes, which has been filmed five times from 1918 to 1976, is based on the 1912 fouract play by stanley houghton, which caused such a sensation in england that it was end page 9 banned from being produced at oxford. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. While on seaside holiday with her girlfriend mary, a pretty factory worker named jenny is attracted to alan, son of the owner of the mill where she works. Following the success of hobsons choice, the octagon presents another famous, great northern play. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976. It seems an amazing coincidence that the film version of hindle wakes was showing at the cinemas just at the time in 1952 when hartley, a food writer known to not be above a bit of inventive decoration, was sitting down to write her food in england. Good for potlucks, since you can make it ahead of time and its served at room temperature. Even today, fannys final decision a choice that ripped apart the conventional morals of edwardian society astonishes audiences with its pure courage.
Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons hindle wakes, an obscure british play from 1912 thats been dusted off and revivified by the mint theater company, begins with a storm. Hindle wakes act i scene 1 the scene is triangular, representing a corner of the livingroom kitchen of no. Alan jeffcote, son of nat hawthorn, hindle s richest factory owner, meets fanny hawthorn, daughter of nats slasher and oldest friend, in blackpool and the two go off for what they believe to be secret fling in llandudno. The film was the fourth and last screen adaptation of the famous stanley houghton play of the 1910s, dealing with an independentminded young woman insisting on her right to enjoy a sexual flirtation regardless of the disapproval of family or society. The play is set in the fictional mill town of hindle in lancashire in england, and concerns two young persons, fanny hawthorn and alan jeffcote, who are discovered to have been having what would now be called a dirty weekend. Hindle wakes a very old recipe from lancashire, england. The year 1912 was a bad one for certain transatlantic ship passengersand, based on what happens in the first scene of stanley houghtons 1912 play hindle wakes, currently on view in a rare revival by the mint theater company, we may guess that neither is it going to be a good year for young fanny hawthorn played by rebecca noelle brinkley. Alan jeffcote, son of nat hawthorn, hindles richest factory owner, meets fanny hawthorn, daughter of nats slasher and oldest friend, in blackpool and the two go off for what they believe to be secret fling in llandudno. My favourite part named the house of sorrow and beautifully accompanied by in the nursery. Watch talking pictures tv on virgin 445, freesat channel 306, freeview channel 81, youview channel 81 or on sky channel number 328. Set in the north of england hindle, two mill workers jenny lisa daniely and mary sandra dorne take off to blackpool for the wakes week holiday. Ahead of his time, the playwright created young female protagonists with sexual openness and independent spirits.
The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills. In 1940, canadian sailor andrew brown is prisoner on a battle damaged german raider and he plans to delay the raiders atsea repairs until a british naval taskforce can destroy it. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. Stanley houghton was born at 1 amy villas, doveston road, ashtonuponmersey, sale, which was then in cheshire, the only son of john hartley houghton, a cotton merchant, and lucy mary nee darbyshire. This glitteringly effective celebration of the financial and sexual independence of lancashire millgirls, based on stanley houghtons celebrated play from 1912. The play houghton wrote to give voice to such a convention defying character was hindle wakes. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa. In the nurserys score captures the spirit, passion and poignancy of the film with a modern accompaniment designed to introduce new audiences to archives from the silent era. We are trying to reflect the information printed in the magazine. Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. Its the end of the wakes weekend in the fictitious mill town of hindle in lancashire, just before the outbreak of the first world war. Hindle wakes bbc television 6 july 1947 bbc genome.
With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. Today we might wonder what all the fuss is about, but hindle wakes was an important film in its time, as was the play on which it was based, making a statement about the attitudes towards women and their status in society. Image and milestones dvd of hindle wakes is an excellent transfer of a mostly fine restoration by the british film institute. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton on free audio book download. By ross the mint theater companys mission statement is to scour the dramaturgical dustbin for worthwhile plays from the past that have been lost or neglectedand. Relive some of the rarest and greatest gems from film history. Hindle wakes tv movie 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun stops when their parents find out.
The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. The plays title refers to the wakes week holiday in the fictional town of hindle and is also a pun on the name of a traditional lancashire chicken dish. The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills shut and the millworkers took their holiday. Type any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the style guide for reference. The leading character is a liberated and unapologetic young woman with her own ideas of sexual equality, yet shes not a flirt or a flapper. Hindle wakes carnegie mellon school of computer science. Ethics, class, customs and morals threaten to overwhelm the lives of two families in a lancashire town called. The fourth and latest soundtrack for classic silent films, part of the acclaimed optical music series.
Hindle wakes tickets for hindle wakes at the bolton octagon theatre. Chief among these is maurice elveys hindle wakes, recently released on dvd by milestone film and video. Stanley houghton hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. Many scenes the lonely cobbled street where fanny lives, the shot of an endless number of dancers at the giant blackpool ballroom are especially remarkable for being in such good shape. An independent archive film and television channel. Allans father agrees, but it is fannys surprising decision about the matter that has earned hindle wakes its reputation as one of the first feminist works of literature in the 20th century. The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. When the play premiered in london in 1912, it was considered.
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