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Sunday, June 08, 2008

the ragged trousered philanthropists

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, part 1 of 3

By Robert Tressell, adapted by Andrew Lynch

A celebrated socialist masterpiece which follows a group of builders renovating a house in the early 1900s who are exploited and exist just above the poverty line.

The band of workmen includes socialist visionary Frank Owen. There’s a shock in store as their ruthless boss ‘Old Misery’ singles out one of the group, and Ruth and Easton resort to desperate measures to pay the rent.


We'll bring a review of this adaptation after the last part, naturally enough.

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