The Hired Man
by Melvyn Bragg, Howard Goodall

Name: The Hired Man
Brand: Melvyn Bragg
SKU: 9780573080715
Rating: 3.78 (2 reviews)

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Highlights

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1900-1910Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod Costumes

Synopsis

Based on Melvyn Bragg’s stirring novel of rural and industrial working life early in the 20th century, The Hired Man tells of one family’s – Bragg's grandparents’ – journey from land laborers to colliers and back to the land.

The superb score is a marvelous succession of chorales, operatic duets and vigorous, foot-stomping rhythms.

Press Reviews

"Thoughtful and, on occasions, most moving… That rare thing: a folk opera of our immediate past."
— Daily Mail

"Melvyn Bragg’s qualities as a novelist – humanity, idealism and a complex and highly articulate man's understanding of those who are simple and inarticulate – shine out from the musical."
— Sunday Telegraph

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Emily	—	—	—
Jackson	—	—	—
Ted Blacklock/Isaac	—	—	—
Seth	—	—	—
Sally	—	—	—
May	—	—	—
Harry	—	—	—
Pennington/Vicar	—	—	—
Recruiting Officer/Dan	—	—	—
Jack/Union Chairman	—	—	—
Landlady	—	—	—
Joe Sharp	—	—	—
Bob/Alf	—	—	—
Bill	—	—	—
Ezra	—	—	—
Josh	—	—	—
Tom	—	—	—
Beth	—	—	—
Hired Men, Farmers, Miners, Soldiers	—	—	—
John	—	—	—