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URL:https://xyzbrighton.com/events/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists/
SUMMARY:The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
DESCRIPTION:Neil Gore\, presents a one-person version of the classic nove
 l by Robert Tressell featuring projection\, political conjuring tricks\, 
 live music and song. Meet the famous characters and enjoy the scenes\, 
 speeches and songs\, featuring the Great Money Trick as its centrepiece.\n
 This enduring and absorbing classic story of a year in the life of a group
  of Edwardian painters and decorators is brought to life by Neil Gore usin
 g his extensive knowledge of the book and the play\, having performed it i
 n many versions over forty years.\n'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists'
  follows a group of workers as they renovate ‘The Cave’\, a three-
 storey town house\, for Mayor Sweater. It traces their hardships and strug
 gles for survival in a complacent and stagnating Edwardian England. These 
 workers are the ‘philanthropists’ who throw themselves into back-break
 ing work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. 
 They are joined by artist Owen\, whose spirited attacks on the dishonesty 
 of Capitalism along with his Socialist vision\, highlights the exploitatio
 n in their workplace but also focuses on the inequality in society as a wh
 ole
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CATEGORIES:Theatre
LOCATION:Ironworks Studios\, 30 Cheapside\, Brighton and Hove\, England\, B
 N1 4GD\, Brighton and Hove\, United Kingdom
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