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Harold Brighouse

    Harold Brighouse was een Engelse toneelschrijver en auteur, vooral bekend om zijn toneelstuk Hobson's Choice. Hij was een vooraanstaand lid van de groep toneelschrijvers die bekend stond als de Manchester School. Zijn werken boden scherpe inzichten in het leven en het sociale weefsel van zijn tijd. Brighouse's schrijven blijft resoneren met zijn authenticiteit en menselijkheid.

    Hobson's Choice
    • Hobson's Choice

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      Harold Brighouse was an English playwright from the Manchester school of drama. His more than seventy plays were often set in his native Lancashire. They use humor to show the attitudes and character of the working and trading people. Hobson's Choice is a four-act comedy. Willie Mossop was a talented shoemaker. Henry Horatio Hobson was his boss. Willlie was persuaded to marry the almost spinster daughter of Hodson. Maggie is a talented salesperson and Willie a gifted shoemaker. In less than a year they were so successful that they took many of Hobson's clients. Willie attempts to help the alcoholic Hodson by letting him be his partner...silent partner that is.

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