scholarly journals STRONG, Cyril W., My Life as a Newfoundland Union Organizer: The Memoirs of Cyril W. Strong, 1912-1987. St. John’s, Committee on Canadian Labour History, 1987. 166 p. 10,95 $

1988 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 308
Author(s):  
Jean-François Cardin
Keyword(s):  
Union Organizer ◽  
Labour History

‘Plays with Subjects that Matter’: Political Theatre and the Amateur Movement in the 1930s

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Don Watson
Keyword(s):  
Media Culture ◽  
Political Theatre ◽  
North East ◽  
British Drama ◽  
Amateur Theatre ◽  
Labour History

Thousands of amateur theatre groups performed regularly in Britain during the 1930s but their activities have generally been overlooked by historians. Important features of the amateur world were the regional and national festivals organized by the British Drama League and the Scottish Community Drama Association. In this article Don Watson examines how the festivals could provide opportunities for progressive drama by groups outside the organized Left, and considers the League in relation to the Left theatre movement of the time. It broadens our understanding of where politically engaged theatre took place in the 1930s and thus the appreciation of British amateur theatre as a whole. Don Watson is an independent historian and holds a PhD from Hull University. His theatre research has been published in Labour History Review, Media, Culture and Society, and North East Labour History.

British Labour History, 1815-1914

1982 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Sheila Lewenhak ◽  
E. H. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
British Labour ◽  
Labour History

Labour History Holdings at the National Archives of Canada in Oral History

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Richard Lochead ◽  
Daniel Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Labour History
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