Stanley houghtons 1912 play, a oncescandalous drama seconding the progressive politics of ibsen and shaw, had been brought to the screen before. Alan jeffcote, son of nat hawthorn, hindles richest factory owner, meets. Following the success of hobsons choice, the octagon presents another famous, great northern play. 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. All hindle wakes movie posters,high res movie posters image for hindle wakes.
Hindle wakes 1976 directed by laurence olivier film. Watch talking pictures tv on virgin 445, freesat channel 306, freeview channel 81, youview channel 81 or on sky channel number 328. The titles other half refers to the religious festival that evolved into a secular holiday for the areas various factory workers. Mint theater to stage rare revival of hindle wakes playbill. 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. 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. Six film productions with scenes shot in preston over the. 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. Hindle wakes is a 1952 british drama film, directed by arthur crabtree and starring lisa daniely and leslie dwyer. 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. 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.
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. 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. The play houghton wrote to give voice to such a convention defying character was hindle wakes. 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 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. Relive some of the rarest and greatest gems from film history. A young millgirl spends a weekend with the bosss son and defies convention by not wishing to marry him. 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 09, 2017 houghtons best known play, hindle wakes has been filmed five times, most recently in 1976 as a tv film starring donald pleasance.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for hindle wakes 1976 laurence olivier on allmovie. Romantic drama about a mill girl who becomes romantically involved with the bosss son while on holiday in blackpool. 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. Set during wakes week in lancashire hindle wakes is a funny and compelling rejection of archaic attitudes and champions early female independence. 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.
Brave, because he had the courage to touch one of the most sensitive spots of puritanismwomans virtue. Hindle wakes by stanley houghton on free audio book download. A highly embellished version of the dish appears in the 1954 food in england by dorothy hartley hartley 1954. 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.
Jenny is attracted to the mill s boss s son brian worth. Stanley houghtons hindle wakes gets first new york revival. During wakes week, the hindle mill workers go on holiday to blackpool. When the play premiered in london in 1912, it was considered. 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.
The two go off together leaving mary to give them an alibi. With rosalind ayres, judi bowker, roy dotrice, trevor eve. Hindle wakes is a stage play by stanley houghton written in 1910. Hindle wakes with accompanying essay by stanley houghton.
In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a north england mill. Hindle wakes tv movie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 houghtons hindle wakes, an obscure british play from 1912 thats been dusted off and revivified by the mint theater company, begins with a storm.
When this is discovered, their families decide they must marry, for conventions sake. In fact, i found it more of a womens liberation statement, which was. For many, hindle wakes is englands equivalent to ibsens the dolls house. The first part of the title refers to the lancashire mill town in which the play is set. 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. The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills shut and the millworkers took their holiday. 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. In a new century, the mint theater company is demonstrating that this littleknown play with its perplexing title is a compelling period piece. Listen free to in the nursery hindle wakes hindle theme i, midas avenue and more. Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free in 720p.
Estelle brody, norman mckinnel and humberstone wright. 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. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures. Written in 1910, it was a hugely controversial play and one of the first to have a working class female lead. 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. Its holiday week in the lancashire town of hindle, just before the first world war. Hindle wakes 1976 1219 1976 gb drama, tv movie 1h 18m user score. Fanny hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into alan jeffcote, the mill owners son.
The first film that comes to mind is hindle wakes, a 1952 black and white production which was shown nationally. 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. Mill girl jenny hawthorne meets alan jeffcote, the millowners son, and they go to llandudno to spend a secret weekend together. Find films and movies featuring laurence olivier on allmovie. Watch hindle wakes tv movie 1976 online streaming free. For the lancashire poultry dish, see hindle wakes dish. Performances will begin december 23rd and continue through february 17th at the clurman. Fanny hawthorne, a spirited, determined mill girl, has just returned from a weekend in blackpool with her friend mary hollins.
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. Hindle wakes by in the nursery, released 10 december 2015 1. Hindle wakes is a superior drama with subtleties of theme and character unexpected in a silentera film. 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. She tries to hide it from her interfering parents by saying she. The main theme of this film was about the wakes weeks of the old mill towns and. 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. Set in the hindle, two mill workers take off to blackpool for the wakes holiday. 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. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to. The wakes was the weeks holiday organised by each mill town, during which all the local mills. An independent archive film and television channel.
Jan 19, 2018 stanley houghtons bracingly unsentimental hindle wakes failed twice on broadway, expiring after 30odd performances in both 1912 and 1922. It was also televised by bbc 1950, and granada 1976. Chief among these is maurice elveys hindle wakes, recently released on dvd by milestone film and video. Hindle wakes tv movie 1976 hindle wakes tv movie 1976.
Alan takes fanny to an hotel in wales for a few days of fun, but the fun. A forgotten playwright, freshly minted stanley houghtons final play, a study of provincial hypocrisy in vicwardian england, is being staged in the u. 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. Even today, fannys final decision a choice that ripped apart the conventional morals of edwardian society astonishes audiences with its pure courage. 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. 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. Fanny is a millhand in the factory owned by alans father and their. The actors particularly the young women are brilliantly funny, witty, and engaging without becoming mere caricatures or types.
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