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Harold Brighouse's "Hobson's Choice" is a classic drama exploring family dynamics and the complexities of marriage. Set against a backdrop of class conflict, the play centers on sisters navigating societal expectations and personal desires. This enduring work of literature delves into the intricate relationships within a family, revealing the tensions and alliances that shape their lives. As a timeless piece of dramatic writing, "Hobson's Choice" offers a compelling look at universal themes that continue to resonate with audiences today. Brighouse masterfully portrays the challenges faced by…mehr

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Harold Brighouse's "Hobson's Choice" is a classic drama exploring family dynamics and the complexities of marriage. Set against a backdrop of class conflict, the play centers on sisters navigating societal expectations and personal desires. This enduring work of literature delves into the intricate relationships within a family, revealing the tensions and alliances that shape their lives. As a timeless piece of dramatic writing, "Hobson's Choice" offers a compelling look at universal themes that continue to resonate with audiences today. Brighouse masterfully portrays the challenges faced by individuals caught between tradition and their own aspirations. This meticulously prepared print edition invites readers to rediscover the power of this celebrated play and its insightful commentary on society, family, and the choices we make. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Over the past 25 years, Tanika Gupta has written over 25 stage plays that have been produced in major theatres across the UK and has written extensively for BBC Radio drama. Some of her theatre credits include: A Doll's House (Lyric Hammersmith) Red Dust Road - adaptation of Jackie Kay's memoir (NT Scotland); Bones (Central School for Speech and Drama) Hobson's Choice (Manchester Royal Exchange); Lions And Tigers (Globe Theatre); A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (Hull Truck Theatre); Midsummer Night's Dream (Globe Theatre -Dramaturg); Anita and Me (Birmingham Rep); Love N Stuff (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Empress (Royal Shakespeare Company); Wah! Wah! Girls - A British Bollywood Musical (Sadler's Wells); Mindwalking (Bandbazi Theatre); Great Expectations (Watford Palace Theatre/English Touring Theatre); Meet The Mukherjees (Bolton Octagon Theatre); White Boy (National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre); Sugar Mummies (Royal Court Theatre); Gladiator Games (Sheffield Crucible Theatre); Hobson's Choice (Young Vic); Fragile Land (Hampstead Theatre); Inside Out (Clean Break); Sanctuary, Brecht's The Good Woman Of Setzuan and The Waiting Room (National Theatre); Skeleton (Soho Theatre); and A River Sutra (Indoza). Some of her Television credits include: Doctors, London Bridge, All About Me, EastEnders, Grange Hill, The Bill, Flight, Banglatown Banquet, Our Lives As Animals, The Fiancee and Bideshi. Some of her Radio credits include: Trumpet, A Passage To India, Death of a Matriarch, The Home and The World, Emma, Writing The Century, Bindi Business, Song Of The Road, The God Of Small Things, Baby Farming and Ibsen's A Doll's House. In 2008 Tanika was awarded an MBE for Services to Drama and in 2016 was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Tanika has an honorary doctorate in the Arts from Chichester University and is an Honorary Fellow at Rose Bruford College and Central School of Speech and Drama. She won the James Tait Black award in 2018 for her play Lions and Tigers.