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The Rose and Crown
Short Play
The first of Priestley’s published one-act plays. The setting is
the public bar of The Rose and Crown, a small pub in North-East
London, one evening in early autumn. Into the bar comes an
assortment of working-class characters who, with one notable
exception, are fed up with life.
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Summary
This is the first of Priestley’s published one-act plays and originated as a specially written television play for the BBC. It was transmitted from Alexandra Palace first on 27 August, 1946; Priestley went on to adapt it for the stage in 1947. The setting is the public bar of The Rose and Crown, a small pub in North-East London, one evening in early autumn. Into the bar comes an assortment of working-class characters who, with one notable exception, are fed up with life.
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Authors
J.B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, son of a schoolmaster. He left Belle Vue School at 16 and worked in a wool office, beginning to write in his spare time. He volunteered for the army in 1914 and served throughout the First World War, surviv ...
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