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26 lug 2023 · Recently, some of the former slab boys and girls reunited at Paisley’s Secret Collection to reminisce about their experiences. Objects like carpets designed by Stoddard’s, the original play set design, and a painting titled “Paisley Sunset” by Byrne will soon be displayed at the town’s museum, which is undergoing a massive £45 million refurbishment.
16 apr 2015 · “The Slab Boys” is the first and most substantial play in John Byrne’s trilogy. Set in 1957 in Glasgow it has been claimed as a landmark in the Scottish theatre of the last century. It was subsequently filmed but met with no great success in that medium.
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16 apr 2015 · Download and read the ebook version of The Slab Boys Trilogy by John Byrne on Apple Books. Spanning the 1950s to the 70s, the plays capture the rebellious mood of a post-w Arts & Entertainment · 2015
20 nov 2003 · “The Slab Boys” is the first and most substantial play in John Byrne’s trilogy. Set in 1957 in Glasgow it has been claimed as a landmark in the Scottish theatre of the last century. It was subsequently filmed but met with no great success in that medium.
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- John Byrne
20 nov 2003 · Now considered one of Scotland's defining literary works of the twentieth century, the Slab Boys Trilogy premiered at the Traverse back in the late 1970s and early 80s taking Scotland, then Britain, and then Broadway quickly by storm. The Traverse revived the Slab Boys Trilogy for the theatre's fortieth anniversary in November 2003.
In Glasgow in 1957, the slab boys apply themselves with gusto to everything but their job - working in a carpet factory. Each has their own aspirations, but the path to fulfillment is cluttered with obstacles, and soon emotions are running at fever pitch.
8 mar 1983 · His best pal, Phil (Kevin Bacon), hopes somehow to break into the ''real world,'' to make a career as an artist. But most of the slab boys aren't going anywhere; they're sentenced to grind away at ...
