Play Title: Harriet Martineau: Dreams of Dancing
Author (s): Shelagh Stephenson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Publication Date: 2016
Genre: Drama
Primary Discipline: Sociology
Scientist (s): Harriet Martineau, Thomas Greenhow
Source Texts: Unknown
Character Breakdown: 2 Men, 4 Women
Thomas Greenhow, Jane Arrowsmith, Impie Haddock, Harriet Martineau, Robbie Gray, Beulah Grey
Setting: Harriet Martineau’s attic room, Front Street, Tynemouth, 1844
Time Period: 1844
Synopsis of Play: It’s 1844. Harriet Martineau (1802-76), internationally renowned radical thinker and prolific writer, has relocated from London to Tynemouth, where, suffering from an undisclosed illness, she is sequestered indoors. In this closed situation, Stephenson introduces five people (more types than characters). Through them, she wittily and humorously illustrates Martineau’s socio-political beliefs (The Guardian).
First Performance Date: November 15th, 2016
First Producer: Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Performance History: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/nov/16/harriet-martineau-dreams-dancing-live-theatre-newcastle-feminist
Not much is known after its World Premiere in 2016
Links: http://sociologicalimagination.org/archives/15574
https://www.thoughtco.com/sociology-research-and-statistics-s2-3026650
Entered by: Molly Morgan
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