Flora Thompson was born in an Oxfordshire hamlet in 1876. She left
school at 14 and went to work as a clerk in a small village post
office until her marriage to John Thompson. She is perhaps best
remembered for her semi-autobiographical trilogy which evokes,
through childhood memories in the person of Laura, in a vanished
world of agricultural customs and rural culture in England of the
1880s. Keith Dewhurst has adapted the trilogy into two plays "Lark
Rise" which erects the first day of harvest from sunrise to sunset
and, in contrast, "Candleford", which depicts a day in midwinter -
to give a lively picture of typical country life of the period with
music and songs. Commissioned by the National Theatre, the plays
can be produced in a "promenade" style where audience and actors
freely mix. With a flexible range of characters and a minimum of
stage props, this play could be of value with amateur drama groups.
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