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. 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. She tries to hide it from her interfering parents by saying she. It is wakes week in the lancashire town of hindle, the annual holiday when the cotton mills close down.
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. Stanley houghton hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. Though neither of these covers british film in the 1920s, hindle wakes offers an interesting comparison in terms of style and narrative. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. 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. 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. Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth. The film was also released under the title fanny hawthorne.
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. 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. 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. In a new century, the mint theater company is demonstrating that this littleknown play with its perplexing title is a compelling period piece. The hindle to blackpool special leaves for the coast. Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun stops when their parents find out. Tliis application should be made some considerable time before the in tended representation, as existing contracts might necessitate the permission being withheld. Review of mint theater companys hindle wakes at theatre.
Mint theater will present a rare revival the first in 95 years of stanley houghtons hindle wakes. Hindle wakes is a 1927 british silent film drama, directed by maurice elvey and starring estelle brody and john stuart. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Check out hindle wakes by in the nursery on amazon music. When she agrees to spend a week with the young man, jenny enlists her roommates help to keep this liaison a secret. 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 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. In the nursery hindle wakes original soundtrack amazon. Image and milestones dvd of hindle wakes is an excellent transfer of a mostly fine restoration by the british film institute. Hindle wakes tv movie 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Boil the stock over high heat for 1015 minutes, until reduced to about 100ml 3. It has been filmed four times, twice in the silent era 1918, 1927, and twice in the sound era 1931.
Both families decide that the lovers must get married to. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their. Hindle wakes is a film programme that first aired in 1952 and has been classified a pg certificate. Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. Such was the resentment of the dominance of the american film industry at that time, publicists said that she was canadian. At the time this film was made it was the custom for whole towns to shut down their factories for one week in the summer so that the staff could go on holiday,unpaid,to blackpool or scarborough and other popular seaside towns. Both families decide that the lovers must get married to avoid a scandal, but the defiant woman refuses to go alon. I f cinema as michael powell claimed was the folk art of the 20th century, then the unearthed hindle wakes marks the point when the present. In the lefthand ivally low down, there is a door leading to the scullery. Performances will begin december 23 at the clurman. In filming the popular stage play, director maurice elvey decided to provide a complete backstory.
Similarly, an attractive set by holly seager is let down by fussy and wholly unnecessary scenechanges, where the swapping of tablecloths and shifting of. 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. The round arch over an entrance to the now demolished butler street ticket office can be seen top left. Librivox recording of hindle wakes, by stanley houghton, with accompanying essay by emma goldman. Tristram kenton for the guardian stanley houghton was part of the manchester school of playwrights that. Lift the cooled chicken from the casserole, remove the string and wrap in cling film, then chill. Jenny is attracted to the mills bosss son brian worth. Hindle wakes 1927 brody was an american actor who worked with elvey in the uk between 192628. Oct 17, 2012 hindle wakes 1927 brody was an american actor who worked with elvey in the uk between 192628. This film centres around the activities of a young couple and its effect on their respective families.
With leslie dwyer, lisa daniely, brian worth, sandra dorne. The play houghton wrote to give voice to such a convention defying character was hindle wakes. Also the mint theatre companys shockinglymodernfeeling production of the 1910 play hindle wakes is a stunninglyexecuted show. Ahead of his time, the playwright created young female protagonists with sexual openness and independent spirits. Romantic drama about a mill girl who becomes romantically involved with the bosss son while on holiday in blackpool. Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue. In september 2012, the first london revival in over 30 years took place at finborough theatre earls court from the 11th to the 29th. 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. 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. A level film studiesthe wjec a2 scheme includes two modules on silent cinema. Peter brown places this as preston, now platform 6 but platform 8 when it was filmed following considerable changes. 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.
Pimlott originally writing in 1947 observes the temporal nature of the holiday. 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. Tristram kenton for the guardian stanley houghton was part of the manchester school of playwrights that did so much to enliven british drama in the. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill. The actors particularly the young women are brilliantly funny, witty, and engaging without becoming mere caricatures or types.
Her obituary by kevin brownlow describes brody and other residents of her retirement home watching hindle wakes. Admirably, in this play from 1910 houghton championed womens freedoms. Stanley houghtons 1912 comedy hindle wakes will have its first new york city revival in 95 years in a production from mint theater company. Based on a famous play about life in the lancashire mills the title refers to vacation time for mill workers in a small town, it was a british version of a dolls house which scandalized audiences. Hindle wakes original title 1h 22min drama, romance 1952 uk 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.
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. 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. Fanny hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into alan jeffcote, the mill owners son. 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. My favourite part named the house of sorrow and beautifully accompanied by in the nursery. 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. Hindle wakes amateur societies wishing to perform this play must apply to messrs. 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. Jun 29, 2009 a level film studiesthe wjec a2 scheme includes two modules on silent cinema. The fourth and latest soundtrack for classic silent films, part of the acclaimed optical music series. Directed by maurice elvey, assisted by victor saville. Performances will begin december 23rd and continue through february 17th at the clurman.
The film is adapted from stanley houghtons 1912 stage play of the same name, and reunites brody and stuart following their hugely popular pairing in the previous years mademoiselle from armentieres. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york. Hindle wakes in stanley houghton, who died last year, the drama lost a talented and brave artist. 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. Passport to pimlico film clip restoration duration. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. 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. 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.
Oct 30, 2000 i f cinema as michael powell claimed was the folk art of the 20th century, then the unearthed hindle wakes marks the point when the present recedes irretrievably into the past. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton, directed by gus kaikkonen for the mint theater company, ravishes the audience with ironic modernism. 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. Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. A mill worker on holiday in blackpool has a secret affair with the son of her employer, but a tragedy brings the relationship to light. 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.
Houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance. Stanley houghton used the name hindle wakes for his 1912 play about family reactions to an affair between a mill girl and the millowners son, and so founded the whole genre of lancastrian kitchensink tragicomedies from hobsons choice and spring and port wine to east is east. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. It also lends itself to some of the other module topics. The 100th anniversary of stanley houghtons hindle wakes was marked in 2012. It shows fully what the silent cinema was capable of when all the necessary elements were in place. 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. Hindle wakes act i scene 1 the scene is triangular, representing a corner of the livingroom kitchen of no, 7, burnley roady hindle, a house rented at about is, 6d. Nineteen twentyseven was a landmark year for silent cinema, and maurice elveys hindle wakesnow impeccably restored by the british film institutewas part of it. Despitebeing directed by victor saville there is very little that is. The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. Ethics, class, customs and morals threaten to overwhelm the lives of two families in a lancashire town called. To serve, cut open the chicken and arrange on plates. Whatever else one may criticise or attack, the sacredness of virtue must remain untouched.
This glitteringly effective celebration of the financial and sexual independence of lancashire millgirls, based on stanley houghtons celebrated play from 1912. Despitebeing directed by victor saville there is very little that. Upon returning to hindle the news of the affair threatens to cause a scandal. The titles other half refers to the religious festival that evolved into a secular holiday for the areas various factory workers.
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