{"product_id":"9781848421073-ragged-trousered-philanthropists","title":"The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Tressell's classic pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group of housepainters and decorators, vividly adapted by Howard Brenton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassionate, highly entertaining and gloriously funny - Robert Tressell's classic pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group of housepainters and decorators is vividly adapted by Howard Brenton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the little daily successes and the disasters of a group of working-class men, living under the constant fear of being laid off by employers forever looking for new corners to cut. Both workers and bosses are caught in a system spiralling out of control, but why is it the workers always come out worse?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward Brenton's stage adaptation, first performed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool in June 2010 in a co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre, lays bare the many social injustices perpetrated on these men whilst capturing their individual characters with touching truth to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41610621124705,"sku":"9781848421073","price":10.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26680708.jpg?v=1721212455","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848421073-ragged-trousered-philanthropists","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}