'They say work harder, strive harder. The machine strives for nothing.
The loom does the work twice as fast and half as well.
And they'll settle for that. They'll settle for that.'
Machines can make our work easier. They can also make it vanish overnight. Joe Ward Munrow's play The Legend of Ned Ludd weaves together stories from around the world and takes us on a whirlwind global commute, from the Luddites' nineteenth-century war against new technology through to London, Liverpool, Lagos and beyond...
But we're all at the mercy of The Machine. And, in this powerful exploration of work, automation and capitalism, The Machine selects the scenes for each performance, resulting in 256 possible versions of the play, spun from all the stories included in this published edition. It premiered at the Liverpool Everyman in 2024, directed by Jude Christian.
| ISBN: | 9781839043208 |
| Publication date: | 25th April 2024 |
| Author: | Joe Ward Munrow |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards) Plays, playscripts |
'They say work harder, strive harder. The machine strives for nothing.
The loom does the work twice as fast and half as well.
And they'll settle for that. They'll settle for that.'
Machines can make our work easier. They can also make it vanish overnight. Joe Ward Munrow's play The Legend of Ned Ludd weaves together stories from around the world and takes us on a whirlwind global commute, from the Luddites' nineteenth-century war against new technology through to London, Liverpool, Lagos and beyond...
But we're all at the mercy of The Machine. And, in this powerful exploration of work, automation and capitalism, The Machine selects the scenes for each performance, resulting in 256 possible versions of the play, spun from all the stories included in this published edition. It premiered at the Liverpool Everyman in 2024, directed by Jude Christian.
The Legend of Ned Ludd features in the following genres: Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, playscripts
The Legend of Ned Ludd is available in Paperback
The Legend of Ned Ludd was written by Joe Ward Munrow and published by Nick Hern Books
The Legend of Ned Ludd has 128 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
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