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Ref NoMS 1611/B/17/14
Title'On the Brink' Scripts for individual Units
LevelFile
DescriptionThis is a sequence of 11 files, each of which contains an unmarked copy script of a single unit of the production.

/1 Unit 1'Saturnalia'.
This is the Festival of Fools, where the scene is set for the performance, with a satirical transposing of reality to reinforce the central points of the production.

/2 Unit 2/1 'Occupation A'
This unit includes 'Red Jillo', which is a parody of the Birmingham Evening Mail's portrayal of Derek 'Red Robbo' Robinson.

/3 Unit 2/B 'World turned upside down trick'
This is the second draft of this unit.

/4 Unit 3/2 'The Story of the Pliers'
This is a re-typing of the original unit, about the struggle of a car worker to obtain a new tool from his foreman, following the theft of the original.

/5 Unit 3B 'World turned upside Trick (again!)'
This is a second draft of this unit.

/6 Unit 4/1 'Occupation B'

/7 Unit 5B 'page 1'
This is a second draft.

/8 Unit 5C
This is a second draft and includes reference to the British Leyland Employee Participation Scheme, which was regarded by some as a device to reduce the power and militancy of car plant shop stewards.

/9 Unit 6/1 'Occupation C

/10 Unit 7 'Parker Second Draft'

/11 Units 8/9 'Occupation D'
Extent11
FormatFiles
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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