ISBN-13: 9780573080715 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 70 str.
Based on Melvyn Bragg's stirring novel of rural and industrial working life early in the twentieth century, The Hired Man tells of one family's - Bragg's grandparents' - journey from land laborers to colliers and back to the land. The superb score is a marvelous succession of chorales, operatic duets and vigorous foot stomping rhythms."Bracing, rugged and exhilarating with] splendidly original music" Time Out"Thoughtful and, on occasions, most moving... That rare thing: a folk opera of our immediate past" Daily Mail"Melvyn Bragg's qualities as a novelist-- humanity, idealism and a complex and highly articulate man's understanding of those who are simple and inarticulate - shine out from the musical" Sunday Telegraph
Based on Melvyn Bragg's stirring novel of rural and industrial working life early in the twentieth century, The Hired Man tells of one family's - Bragg's grandparents' - journey from land laborers to colliers and back to the land. The superb score is a marvelous succession of chorales, operatic duets and vigorous foot stomping rhythms.Bracing, rugged and exhilarating [with] splendidly original music Time OutThoughtful and, on occasions, most moving... That rare thing: a folk opera of our immediate past Daily MailMelvyn Bragg's qualities as a novelist-- humanity, idealism and a complex and highly articulate man's understanding of those who are simple and inarticulate - shine out from the musical Sunday Telegraph