The Match Girls - Revision history

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The Matchgirls a musical play by Bill Owen and Tony Russell (1966)

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 =''[[The Matchgirls]]'' a musical play by Bill Owen and Tony Russell (1966)=
-Well known socialist actor Bill Owen (1914-1999)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Owen_(actor)] had been closely involved with Unity Theatre for many years long before he became famous, and - obviously inspired by the 1940 play - he adapted the story as a musical play in 1966, slightly renaming it ''[[The Matchgirls]]''. The book was by Owen and the score by Tony Russell (1929-1970)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Russell_(musician)].
+==The original text==
 In this version the central character is "Kate", a factory worker, who writes to famous writer and activist Annie Besant to ask for help. The story follows Kate and Annie’s attempts to rally the girls, leading Kate to become a fearless strike leader.

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 == The original text ==
-The play written by Robert Mitchell (Robert Macauley Mitchell, fl.1940s)[], tells the story of the 1888 strike for union rights by unskilled female workers at the Bryant and May factory in London’s East End, the first strike by unorganized workers to gain national publicity. Their action helped inspire the formation of unions all over the country.
+The play written by Robert Mitchell (Robert Macauley Mitchell, fl.1940s), tells the story of the 1888 strike for union rights by unskilled female workers at the Bryant and May factory in London’s East End, the first strike by unorganized workers to gain national publicity. Their action helped inspire the formation of unions all over the country.
 The play had been written by Robert Mitchell for London's Unity Theatre[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Theatre,_London], a people's theatre group that first performed the play in 1941.

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	https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00273		https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00273
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Theatre,_London

	[[ESAT Bibliography I\|Inskip]], 1972. p.135.		[[ESAT Bibliography I\|Inskip]], 1972. p.135.

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 The play written by Robert Mitchell (Robert Macauley Mitchell, fl.1940s)[], tells the story of the 1888 strike for union rights by unskilled female workers at the Bryant and May factory in London’s East End, the first strike by unorganized workers to gain national publicity. Their action helped inspire the formation of unions all over the country.
-The play had been written by Robert Mitchell for London's Unity Theatre, a people's theatre group that first performed the play in 1941.
+The play had been written by Robert Mitchell for London's Unity Theatre[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Theatre,_London], a people's theatre group that first performed the play in 1941.
 The script for ''[[The Match Girls]]'' is held at V&A Theatre and Performance Collections [https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/b1f76b29-f818-380a-968e-bb49e7c0c4a6?component=8bbf5598-a4a6-3562-96bc-ca94cb0a353d].

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 The play written by Robert Mitchell (Robert Macauley Mitchell, fl.1940s)[], tells the story of the 1888 strike for union rights by unskilled female workers at the Bryant and May factory in London’s East End, the first strike by unorganized workers to gain national publicity. Their action helped inspire the formation of unions all over the country.
-The play had been written by Robert Mitchell for Glasgow Unity Theatre, a people's theatre group made up of an amalgamation of five amateur theatre groups. They performed it in in 1941.
+The play had been written by Robert Mitchell for London's Unity Theatre, a people's theatre group that first performed the play in 1941.
 The script for ''[[The Match Girls]]'' is held at V&A Theatre and Performance Collections [https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/b1f76b29-f818-380a-968e-bb49e7c0c4a6?component=8bbf5598-a4a6-3562-96bc-ca94cb0a353d].

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchgirls%27_strike		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchgirls%27_strike
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		+	https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00273

	[[ESAT Bibliography I\|Inskip]], 1972. p.135.		[[ESAT Bibliography I\|Inskip]], 1972. p.135.

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	https://www.in-common.co.uk/2020/08/13/match-girl-strikes/		https://www.in-common.co.uk/2020/08/13/match-girl-strikes/
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		+	http://thelondonnobodysings.blogspot.com/2010/03/look-around.html

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	There are two works based on the same historical incident, generally referred to as "The Matchgirls' strike"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchgirls%27_strike]:	+	There are two related stage works have been based on the same historical incident, generally referred to as "The Matchgirls' strike"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchgirls%27_strike]:

	=''[[The Match Girls]]'' is a play by Robert Mitchell (1941)=		=''[[The Match Girls]]'' is a play by Robert Mitchell (1941)=

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	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	See ''[[The Matchgirls]]'' (below)

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==