Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Arden
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: c. 1879
- Setting: Northern England
- Principal Characters: Serjeant Musgrave, Hurst, Attercliffe, Sparky, Mrs. Hitchcock, Annie, Walsh, The Mayor
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Problem play, Didactic literature
- Subjects: Colonialism, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Guilt, Mental illness, England or English people, Ethics, Soldiers, Imperialism
- Locales: England
The Play
Most of Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance is set in a coal-mining town in northern England. The action takes place in the winter; the town is isolated, thus giving Serjeant Musgrave the chance to carry out his plan. In the first scene, though, the sergeant and his three soldier-confederates are about to board a canal barge to take them to the town. A group of soldiers could be going to a mining town either to recruit soldiers—the recruiting sergeant trying to draw unemployed young men into an unpopular trade was a familiar sight in England through much of the...
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