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Flora Thompson was born in an Oxfordshire hamlet in 1876. She left school at 14 and went to work as a clerk in a small village post office until her marriage to John Thompson. She is perhaps best remembered for her semi-autobiographical trilogy which evokes, through childhood memories in the person of Laura, in a vanished world of agricultural customs and rural culture in England of the 1880s. Keith Dewhurst has adapted the trilogy into two plays "Lark Rise" which erects the first day of harvest from sunrise to sunset and, in contrast, "Candleford", which depicts a day in midwinter - to give a lively picture of typical country life of the period with music and songs. Commissioned by the National Theatre, the plays can be produced in a "promenade" style where audience and actors freely mix. With a flexible range of characters and a minimum of stage props, this play could be of value with amateur drama groups.
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In the 1980's director Bill Bryden was asked to create a promenade piece of theatre for the National Theatre. His collaboration with Keith Dewhurst resulted in this completely original work based on the books by Flora Thompson.
In the first play we see a snapshot of village life in a small rural Oxfordshire hamlet as seen through the eyes of 12 year old Laura. Its the day the harvest is brought in and whilst the men toil in the fields the women work at home and cope with children, tradespeople visiting The Rise and making ends meet on the pitiful farm labourers wages. The play is interspersed with traditional folk music and at the end we are suddenly thrust forward to the first world war with a reminder that nothing will ever be quite the same again.
The second play, in my opinion is slightly weaker, and once again we follow Laura, older now, and leaving home at 14 to work at Candleford Green Post Office. This play by contrast to the first is set on a winters day and once again follows the inhabitants on their daily journeys. This play will be more recognisable to those who have watched the lamentable TV series as there are characters who share the same names, but little else!
The plays were written to be presented in a promenade style and work remarkably well, the audience is literally scythed down when the harvest is gathered in, become the congregation of the church, the villagers being entertained by Gerry Parish and his fish cart etc etc.
I have seen various productions over the years and each time am struck by how fresh it always appears, written over 30 years ago it still evokes a bygone era admirably and with a gentle poignancy.
It has a large cast and is ideal for amateur and professional groups alike.
In the first play we see a snapshot of village life in a small rural Oxfordshire hamlet as seen through the eyes of 12 year old Laura. Its the day the harvest is brought in and whilst the men toil in the fields the women work at home and cope with children, tradespeople visiting The Rise and making ends meet on the pitiful farm labourers wages. The play is interspersed with traditional folk music and at the end we are suddenly thrust forward to the first world war with a reminder that nothing will ever be quite the same again.
The second play, in my opinion is slightly weaker, and once again we follow Laura, older now, and leaving home at 14 to work at Candleford Green Post Office. This play by contrast to the first is set on a winters day and once again follows the inhabitants on their daily journeys. This play will be more recognisable to those who have watched the lamentable TV series as there are characters who share the same names, but little else!
The plays were written to be presented in a promenade style and work remarkably well, the audience is literally scythed down when the harvest is gathered in, become the congregation of the church, the villagers being entertained by Gerry Parish and his fish cart etc etc.
I have seen various productions over the years and each time am struck by how fresh it always appears, written over 30 years ago it still evokes a bygone era admirably and with a gentle poignancy.
It has a large cast and is ideal for amateur and professional groups alike.
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