1980s saw the end of the traditional family unit for many. Divorce rates reached 13.4 per 1,000 married population in 1985, although that wasn't as high as the peak of 1994 after the recession. They have gone down now. The most recent figures show that 119,589 people got divorced in 2010, roughly half of the number of people who got married the same year.
As Britain learnt to come to terms with the idea of "no such thing as society", unemployment shot up under the Conservatives to levels not seen since the Great Depression. The figures show how it lags behind the economy - even after the recession was over, many were unemployed.
From this research i have learnt that the number of divorce rate went up and this relates to the play Teechers because maybe not all the children had both parents to look after them and help them financially hence why they go to community schools.
Also with the rate of divorcement that happened it could be the solemn reason why most families are even more poor than the others because there wont get help from both side of the family (both mother and father ), especially if their father was a miner (below is more reasons why miners are/could have been poorer).
The miners' strike of 1984–85 was a major industrial action to shut down the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent colliery closures. It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) against the National Coal Board (NCB), a government agency. Opposition to the strike was led by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who called the strikers and organisers "the enemy within." The NUM was divided over the action and many mineworkers, especially in the English Midlands, worked through the dispute. Margaret Thatcher, was threefold: to build up ample coal stocks, to keep as many miners at work as possible, and to use police to break up attacks by pickets on working miners. The critical element was the NUM's failure to hold a national strike ballot, which enabled a minority on an area basis to keep working and kept other unions from supporting it. From all of the research i did i found out that the miners strike really caused a lot of unemployment for most miners and it was almost a year long of strike where people weren't getting paid and this was affecting their families due to less money coming in to support the family and people going under the poverty line. this links to John Godber because his father was a miner which meant that the miners strike affected his family as well. the play was written to create awareness on the problems in the society and how it affected people personally hence ian's last speech at the end of the last scene.
Elizabethan Era the Elizabethan period has provided history with a rich and colourful culture, a culture that includes unique clothing,the origins of theatre and the expansion of the English Renaissance movement and exploring the new world (sailers ). status levels The poor Life for ordinary people was often hard and the number of poor people increased when Queen Elizabeth was in power. Unlike now, there was no welfare system or support for anyone.Poverty was mostly considered to be your own fault in Elizabethan times. Reasons why there was increase in poverty. Rising population - The population rose by a million during the Elizabethan period. Because there was more people, there was more demand for goods, and so prices rose. Inflation - Prices for goods rose, but wages fell as there were more people around to do the work. Cloth trade collapse - Woollen cloth was England’s main export. people didn't want t
John Godber was a drama teacher in Thatcherite Britain, how does this influence the theme and theatrical style of the play Teechers? John Godber was a drama teacher in Thatcherite Britain and this influenced the play Teechers in various ways, the play had subtle messages behind it, for example when Mr Nixon was talking to Mr Bashford. Below are the main aspects of his past that i think might have affected the theme of the play whilst John Godber was a teacher in Thatcherite Britain. Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s Conservative party leader and then became the first woman to hold the position of prime minister in 1979. She was prime minister for 11 years (1979 -1990) and was nicknamed “Iron Lady”. During her three terms, she cut social welfare programs, reduced trade union power and privatized certain industries. Thatcher was first subsequently appointed the cabinet as secretary of state for education and science - This could have affected the theme of the play because t
G rasshopper and Toad It's about a Grasshopper and Toad who are good friends. People always saw them together. Yet they had never dined at each other's houses. One day Toad invited the Grasshopper to come and dine at his house. The next day Grasshopper arrived at Toad's house. Before sitting down to eat, Toad washed his forelegs, and invited Grasshopper to do the same. Grasshopper did so, and it made a loud noise. the Toad then told the grasshopper to stop chirping because he cannot eat with such a noise, Grasshopper tried to eat without rubbing his forelegs together, but it was impossible. Each time he gave a chirp, Toad complained and asked him to be quiet. Grasshopper was angry and could not eat. so he invited the Toad to his house for dinner the next day.The next day, Toad arrived at Grasshopper's home. As soon as the meal was ready, Grasshopper washed his forelegs, and invited Toad to do the same. Toad did so, and then hopped toward the food. Grassh
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