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Strumpet city [videorecording - DVD] - London : Acorn Media, 2007 - 2 videodiscs (359 mins.) : col., sd. ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the novel "Dublin" by James Plunkett Contains all seven episodes of the mini-series

Produced and directed by Tony Barry Produced and directed by Tony Barry

Frank Grimes, David Kelly, Bryan Murray, Ruth Hegarty, Cyril Cusack, Peter Ustinov and Peter O'Toole

From the drawing rooms of the bourgeoisie, where the wealthy clung to Victorian notions of class and privilege, to the miseries of the tenements, where poor families crowded into single rooms, Dublin in the early 1900s was as combustible as bone-dry tinder: Then Labour organiser and modern Irish hero Jim Larkin arrived to light the match!




DVD

Subjects--Personal Names:
Larkin, James, 1876-1947 --Drama

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dublin Lockout, Dublin, Ireland, 1913--Drama
Labor movement--Ireland--Drama

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Dublin--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama
Ireland--History--20th century--Drama