Hindle wakes 1952 a factory worker lisa daniely falls for her boss son brian worth but enlists the aid of her girlfriend to keep it a secret. Includes unlimited streaming of the stripped back session vol. For our point of view, its named after the town of hindle, and was consumed during the annual holiday or wake. Performances will begin december 23rd and continue through february 17th at the clurman. 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. 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. Hindle wakes recipe a traditional lancashire chicken dish, probably brought over from the low countries by flemish weavers in the 14th century.
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. Jan 19, 2018 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. Hornimans gaiety theatre in manchester and the aldwych theatre, london in the following year. 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. 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. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. 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. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york. Hindle wakes is a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910. Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film. T he milltown wakes were seven days in summer when the cotton slaves knew. Search curtainup in the box below back to curtainup main page production notes hindle wakes by stanley houghton.
Hindle wakes is a 1927 british silent film drama, directed by maurice elvey and starring estelle. Tennyson invests the episode with a grim comedy, his protagonist is. Stanley houghtons 1912 comedy hindle wakes will have its first new york city revival in 95 years in a production from mint theater company. Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. Its holiday week in the lancashire town of hindle, just before the first world war. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a north england mill. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. 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. 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. Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to llandudno to spend a secret weekend together. As amy stoller concludes in her informative program notes, perhaps the most insider aspect of hindle wakes is its title. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth.
Having twice been adapted for the silent screen, stanley houghtons play was accorded its talkie debut in this solid, but visually conservative presentation from the trusted gaumont pairing of producer michael balcon and director victor saville. Hindle wakes aka holiday week 1952 film cinemaparadiso. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york revival. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill.
Image and milestones dvd of hindle wakes is an excellent transfer of a mostly fine restoration by the british film institute. Stanley houghton hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. John maclean was a scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. Hindle wakes is a 1931 british film drama, directed by victor saville for gainsborough pictures and starring belle chrystall and john stuart. Mint theater will present a rare revival the first in 95 years of stanley houghtons hindle wakes. But, as she quickly and correctly adds, its a name as redolent of the times as state fair. Alan jeffcote, son of nat hawthorn, hindles richest factory owner, meets fanny. Review of mint theater companys hindle wakes at theatre row. Cover of hamish hendersons song by the glasgow band the wakes. Librivox recording of hindle wakes, by stanley houghton, with accompanying essay by emma goldman. 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. Performances will begin december 23 at the clurman.
The leading light of the socalled manchester school of realist dramatists, stanley houghton wrote hindle wakes in 1911 and it was a hit both in mrs. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book without typos from the publisher. Hindle wakes is a film programme that first aired in 1952 and has been classified a pg certificate. Chief among these is maurice elveys hindle wakes, recently released on dvd by milestone film and video. 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. 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. The centenary production of the 1912 feminist classic. The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal. Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue. Hindle wakes tv movie 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. See other formats hindle wakes amateur societies wishing to perform this play must apply to messrs. In 1896, the family moved to 2 athol road, alexandra park, manchester, some two miles from the city centre.
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. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. 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. In the bustle and throng of blackpool in peak season, fanny and mary meet up with allan and his friend and. With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. 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. Get your hard copy of the album here as well as a digital download. Hindle wakes act i scene 1 the scene is triangular, representing a corner of the livingroom kitchen of no. This production is part of the coliseums season ticket offer four plays for just. Set in the north of england hindle, two mill workers jenny lisa daniely and mary sandra dome take off to blackpool for the wakes week holiday. Spring and port wine clip with susan george 1970 duration.
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