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Introduction
Artistic
Overview
The
Players
Venues
and Dates
Project
Outline
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The Cry of Tin - an
outline of the show
A powerful 90 minute musical
documentary drama telling of the rise and fall of mining in
Cornwall.
Narration &
drama link unforgettable songs by Cornwall's leading
song-writers in a format pioneered by Ewan McColl.
Characters:
Narrator, Tin, John Barleycorn, Mine Owner, Miners,
Mines
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Act 1: The Shining Land
In the beginning the Ancients Came to a
Celtic Land, a source of riches in the Middle-Ages,
and the land was exploited as as the Industrial
Revolution started.
- Scene 1: The Creation
- Scene 2: Men of Bronze & Iron
- Scene 3: The Kingdom of Cornwall
- Scene 4: King and King-maker
- Scene 5: The Weeping Land
- Scene 6: The Last Judgement
Act 2: The Arrow of Time
Engineering wonders were created, whilst the
people were exploited. Disaster and accident were
never far away. As the decline started some
emigratied, later some returned. But now, what of
today? What of tomorrow?
- Scene 1: The Sea Above Our Heads
- Scene 2: To Feed our Children
- Scene 3: I Buried My Brother
- Scene 4: To Find the Seam
- Scene 5: The Shafts are Silent
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Producer: Mike
O'Connor
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