Tag: Robert Tressell

neil as rushton in ragged trousered philanthropist

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Review

Anne Cox | October 12, 2015

Robert Tressell’s one and only book, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, struggled for nearly 50 years to find its way into print but it has since been adopted by

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Philanthropists’ revival for political season at Peckham’s Art Café

Anne Cox | July 13, 2015

Robert Tressell’s scathing attack on employers’ relationship with their workers returns to the stage in a revival of Stephen Lowe’s adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Using songs