Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. 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. The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. Chief among these is maurice elveys hindle wakes, recently released on dvd by milestone film and video. In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a north england mill.
Following the success of hobsons choice, the octagon presents another famous, great northern play. With rosalind ayres, judi bowker, roy dotrice, trevor eve. Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth. Written in 1910, it was a hugely controversial play and one of the first to have a working class female lead. Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue.
The titles other half refers to the religious festival that evolved into a secular holiday for the areas various factory workers. 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. Fanny hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into alan jeffcote, the mill owners son. 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. It was also televised by bbc 1950, and granada 1976. In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a north england mill town are overthrown by a young woman with ideas far ahead of her time. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u.
A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york revival. Stanley houghton hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. Hindle wakes 1976 directed by laurence olivier film. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to. When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. This collection of the terrific 1970s british television program brings together five excellent filmed versions of classic plays, each featuring the incomparable sir laurence olivier. She tries to hide it from her interfering parents by saying she. 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. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their.
Set in the hindle, two mill workers take off to blackpool for the wakes holiday. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton on free audio book download. In fact, i found it more of a womens liberation statement, which was. 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. Hindle wakes has been performed on the stage many times over the years, notably in a 1996 performance in manchester that was cut short by an ira bomb explosion. Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. 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. Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free.
In a new century, the mint theater company is demonstrating that this littleknown play with its perplexing title is a compelling period piece. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool. Listen free to in the nursery hindle wakes hindle theme i, midas avenue and more. Find movie and film cast and crew information for hindle wakes 1976 laurence olivier on allmovie. 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. Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. Set during wakes week in lancashire hindle wakes is a funny and compelling rejection of archaic attitudes and champions early female independence. 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.
She was portrayed by sian thomas in the original production of the play fram, by tony harrison, which premiered at the national theatre, london, uk in april 2008. Romantic drama about a mill girl who becomes romantically involved with the bosss son while on holiday in blackpool. All hindle wakes movie posters,high res movie posters image for hindle wakes. Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. 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. An independent archive film and television channel. When the play premiered in london in 1912, it was considered. The actors particularly the young women are brilliantly funny, witty, and engaging without becoming mere caricatures or types. Fanny hawthorne, a spirited, determined mill girl, has just returned from a weekend in blackpool with her friend mary hollins. Nov, 2016 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. For the lancashire poultry dish, see hindle wakes dish. 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. 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. 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.
Alan jeffcote, son of nat hawthorn, hindles richest factory owner, meets. Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free in 720p. Hindle wakes is a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910. This collection of plays is very good overall the best 2 plays are hindle wakes the only play in this collection which doesnt feature olivier and cat on a hot tin roof in which natalie wood is superb and robert wagner shows he can act and holds his own against oliviers big daddy. Performances will begin december 23rd and continue through february 17th at the clurman. The first film that comes to mind is hindle wakes, a 1952 black and white production which was shown nationally. 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. Mint theater will present a rare revival the first in 95 years of stanley houghtons hindle wakes. 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. Hindle wakes by in the nursery, released 10 december 2015 1. Study and subversion of social morality and mores circa early 1900s, concerning two young people who enjoy a onenight stand, only to be forced by their respective families to.
The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills shut and the millworkers took their holiday. A 1976 television version was produced in the itv lawrence olivier presents series, with an allstar cast including rosalind ayres, trevor eve, donald pleasance and roy dotrice. Hindle wakes tv movie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Join me in the hunt for every filming location used, and every title produced byat merton park studios, who were based in south west london. Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film. 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.
Hindle wakes 1976 1219 1976 gb drama, tv movie 1h 18m user score. 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. Relive some of the rarest and greatest gems from film history. Hindle wakes with accompanying essay by stanley houghton. 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 wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills. 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. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton overdrive rakuten. The main theme of this film was about the wakes weeks of the old mill towns and.
Hindle wakes 1931 film wikipedia, the free encyclopedia hindle wakes is a 1931 british film drama, directed by victor saville for gainsborough pictures and starring belle chrystall and john stuart. A young millgirl spends a weekend with the bosss son and defies convention by not wishing to marry him. This play was a shocker when it first came out in 1912, and we can see the reasons why even today, with its calm look at the difference in the way in which society treats fornicators. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures. Jan 09, 2017 houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. Even today, fannys final decision a choice that ripped apart the conventional morals of edwardian society astonishes audiences with its pure courage. Judi bowker celebrity profile check out the latest judi bowker photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. 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.
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