The fourth and latest soundtrack for classic silent films, part of the acclaimed optical music series. Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun. She tries to hide it from her interfering parents by saying she. 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. 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. Also the mint theatre companys shockinglymodernfeeling production of the 1910 play hindle wakes is a stunninglyexecuted show.
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. Following the success of hobsons choice, the octagon presents another famous, great northern play. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth. Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. 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. 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. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. 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. Stanley houghton hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist.
Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. Watch talking pictures tv on virgin 445, freesat channel 306, freeview channel 81, youview channel 81 or on sky channel number 328. In 1896, the family moved to 2 athol road, alexandra park. Hindle wakes tv movie 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa. The actors particularly the young women are brilliantly funny, witty, and engaging without becoming mere caricatures or types. In fact, i found it more of a womens liberation statement, which was. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to llandudno to spend a secret weekend together. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976. In the nursery hindle wakes original soundtrack amazon. 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.
Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. 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. Great british cooking, jane garmey serves 6 matt bishop. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their. Relive some of the rarest and greatest gems from film history. 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. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york revival. 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. Librivox recording of hindle wakes, by stanley houghton, with accompanying essay by emma goldman.
Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal. 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. 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. Ethics, class, customs and morals threaten to overwhelm the lives of two families in a lancashire town called. Hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. 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. Jan 18, 2018 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. 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. 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. 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.
Even today, fannys final decision a choice that ripped apart the conventional morals of edwardian society astonishes audiences with its pure courage. Hindle wakes tickets for hindle wakes at the bolton octagon theatre. We are trying to reflect the information printed in the magazine. An independent archive film and television channel. 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. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book without typos from the publisher. 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. The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills shut and the millworkers took their holiday. 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. 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.
Set during wakes week in a lancashire mill town hindle wakes is based on the vivid and controversial play by stanley houghton. The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. My favourite part named the house of sorrow and beautifully accompanied by in the nursery. When the play premiered in london in 1912, it was considered. 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. Review of mint theater companys hindle wakes at theatre. 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 leading character is a liberated and unapologetic young woman with her own ideas of sexual equality, yet shes not a flirt or a flapper. With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. Hornimans gaiety theatre in manchester and the aldwych theatre, london in the following year. Romantic drama about a mill girl who becomes romantically involved with the bosss son while on holiday in blackpool. The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. 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. Good for potlucks, since you can make it ahead of time and its served at room temperature. When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton on free audio book download. 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. Mint theater will present a rare revival the first in 95 years of stanley houghtons hindle wakes. The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills.
Hindle wakes bbc television 6 july 1947 bbc genome. 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. 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. Type any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the style guide for reference. Stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. 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. Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film. Chief among these is maurice elveys hindle wakes, recently released on dvd by milestone film and video. Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun stops when their parents find out.
This glitteringly effective celebration of the financial and sexual independence of lancashire millgirls, based on stanley houghtons celebrated play from 1912. Performances will begin december 23rd and continue through february 17th at the clurman. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. Ahead of his time, the playwright created young female protagonists with sexual openness and independent spirits. Hindle wakes is a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910. Fanny hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into alan jeffcote, the mill owners son. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer.
Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. In the nurserys score captures the spirit, passion and poignancy of the film with a modern accompaniment designed to. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool. The titles other half refers to the religious festival that evolved into a secular holiday for the areas various factory workers. The play houghton wrote to give voice to such a convention defying character was hindle wakes. 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. Hindle wakes act i scene 1 the scene is triangular, representing a corner of the livingroom kitchen of no. Successful remake of one of the earliest british talkies. Hindle wakes carnegie mellon school of computer science. Image and milestones dvd of hindle wakes is an excellent transfer of a mostly fine restoration by the british film institute. Hindle wakes a very old recipe from lancashire, england.
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