The Pitmen Painters
by Lee Hall
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Readers appreciate the exploration of art's value and its connection to personal and political themes in 'The Pitmen Painters.' Many enjoy its humor and emotional depth, despite some feeling the play could be heavy-handed with its messages. A few find the narrative predictable but still acknowledge its entertainment value.
Synopsis
In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class.
Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters.
Within a few years the most avant-garde artists became their friends, their work was taken for prestigious collections and they were celebrated throughout the British art world; but every day they worked, as before, down the mine.
The Pitmen Painters premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in September 2007, before transferring to the National Theatre in 2008.
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The Pitmen Painters is a British play written by Lee Hall and published by Faber & Faber in London (2008).
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