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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, An Un-historical Parable [1] is a play by English playwright John Arden, written in 1959 and premiered at the Royal Court Theatre on October 22 of that year. In Arden's introductory note to the text, he describes it as "a realistic, but not a naturalistic" play.
Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance is a realistic drama set in the north of England in 1880. Much of the action takes place in a public house (pub) in a small mining town torn apart because of a...
Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance. play by Arden. Learn about this topic in these articles: discussed in biography. In John Arden. …followed by his best-known work, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance (1959), set in a colliery town in 1860–80. Both plays caused controversy. Read More. English literature. In English literature: Drama.
Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance opens on a wharf in the north of England in 1880. Three British Army soldiers—Hurst, Attercliffe, and Sparky—are nervously waiting for the arrival of their...
Hace 3 días · At the ‘recruiting’ meeting, Musgrave dances and chants as the skeleton of a youth formerly from the town is hauled aloft. Manning a Gatling gun, Musgrave then threatens to kill 25 of the townspeople as a reprisal for the atrocity.
9 de mar. de 2018 · Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance is set in a northern British mining town in 1880, but it draws from several contemporary sources for inspiration. Arden’s pacifist theme and depiction of the negative aspects of army life on soldiers is seen to have universal significance.
Guilt and remorse underscore much of Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance. Musgrave is overcome by guilt over the death of Billy Hicks as well as the five civilians who were killed in retaliation. Two...
