Performance

Venue	Hackney Empire
	Other spaces: Bullion Room Theatre, Acorn Theatre
Town	Outer London
County	Greater London
From	12th May 2012
To	3rd June 2012
When	May 12, 18, 23, 24, 26, 30, Jun 2 at 19:30. May 19 at 14:30. Jun 3 at 17:00
What is currently on at Hackney Empire (V309)

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

T1650248804
The book is one of the most popular and influential socialist novels in the twentieth century. What is little-known is that Tressell spent much of his early life in Cape Town and South Africa and although there are no direct references, the novel bears hidden traces of his life in the then Cape colony. Isango's version moves the action to an apartheid era Cape Town of the 1950s with popular songs from the period as well as the powerful Struggle songs of the time.

Book by

Robert (Noonan Tressell)

Archive :: production:T1650248804, musical:S01426939706, venue:V309

Production details

Running time: 2hrs 15mins

Reviews

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Company

Company	Isango Ensemble
Adapted by	Stephen Lowe
Director	Mark Dornford-May
Music	Pauline Malefane
Performer	Mandisi Dyantyis

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