Poetry or bust
By: Tony Harrison
Contributors: Harrison, Tony, 1937-
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama
Description: 'Poetry or Bust' is about a 19th century Yorkshire woolsorter and poet John Nicholson, who wrote about the exploited children in the factories of Leeds and Bradford, then was bribed by attention and money to become more pastoral and pleasing to his aristocratic patrons. The play  was first performed at Salts Mill, Saltaire, in September 1993.
Notes: Previously issued in print: in Plays three. London: Faber, 1996.