The Strike at Putney Church (1990)

The Strike at Putney Church (1990) is a play written by Eliza Jane Wilson that was based on a short story by L.M. Montgomery. The play premiered at The Charlottetown Festival in 1990.

Eliza Jane Wilson based the play on an L.M. Montgomery short story, titled "The Strike at Putney," which was originally published in 1903. This story can be read in the collection Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement, which was edited by Rea Wilmshurst.

Wilson's play was published in 1990 by the Playwrights Union of Canada. The plot is described as follows: "It is 1922 in rural PEI. The women of Putney Church are outraged when the elders deny a famous female missionary the opportunity to speak in the church. The women retaliate by going on strike!"

In November , the play was performed at The Arts Guild in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Image Credit:
Poster for the 2005 performance of The Strike at Putney Church from the ACT website.

Acknowledgement:
Thank you to Scott Campbell for providing the play's premiere date.

References:
Gledhill, Christopher and Susan Spier. (February 7, 2006). Charlottetown Festival/Festival de Charlottetown. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charlottetown-festivalfestival-de-charlottetown-emc.

History of The Charlottetown Festival. Confederation Centre of the Arts. https://confederationcentre.com/on-stage/the-charlottetown-festival/history-of-the-charlottetown-festival/


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