The Dockers' Tanner

Title: The Dockers' Tanner
Description: This theatre programme advertises 'The Dockers’ Tanner', a play by Leslie Martin staged at London’s Unity Theatre in the mid-1950s. Produced by Joe McColum with décor by Lucien Amaral, the play dramatises the 1889 London Dock Strike, when workers united to demand the “dockers’ tanner” (a minimum wage of sixpence an hour). Unity Theatre, known for its left-wing productions, used drama to highlight labour struggles and working-class history. At just six pages, the programme provides cast lists and production details, while also embodying the theatre’s broader mission - to make radical politics accessible through performance, solidarity, and cultural engagement.
Creator: Leslie Martin
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Unity Theatre
Date: 1954
Copyright Attribution: Courtesy of Unity Theatre Trust
Source: https://search.libraries.london.ac.uk/permalink/44SHL_INST/1j7aip0/alma991016936269709266
Format: Programme
Century: 20th
Exhibition Theme: Words for Change See all items with this value
Subject: Theatre; Working class; Performance