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The Wrong End of the World

The stirring story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

An epic documentary drama with traditional music, for Salisbury Playhouse, 1987, by Graham Padden

A superbly researched piece of work, which interweaves narrative, drama, and music to bring history to life with formidable clarity… The Stage

"One of the most exciting and challenging plays it has ever been my privilege to work on."  David Horlock, director

 

February 1834. Six farm labourers from the Dorset village of Tolpuddle are arrested on a charge of taking part in a ceremony where illegal oaths were sworn.  In the eyes of their masters, however, their real crime is that they have dared to form a trade union to defend their livelihood...  

 

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What the Press said

Introduction

Author’s note on the text

Original cast

Production note

Production photographs

Sources / Bibliography

Music

Acknowledgements

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Reference copies:  

TUC Library Collection, The Learning Centre, London Metropolitan University, 236 Holloway Road, London. 

Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU.

Northampton Central Library