Progress to the Park

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"Progress to the Park" is a stage play written by Alun Owen, first broadcast in 1958 and produced for the stage in 1959. The play explores religious and cultural bigotry in Liverpool during the late 1950s, specifically focusing on the tragic end of a love affair between a Protestant boy and a Roman Catholic girl. Alun Owen was a Welsh dramatist known for his work across radio, television, screen, and stage, often depicting the cultural and religious conflicts of Liverpool.1

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…his stage plays, which included Progress to the Park and The Rough and Ready Lot, both of which were broadcast in 1958 and produced for the stage in 1959 and which depicted religious and cultural bigotry. The former concerns the destruction of the love between a Protestant boy and a…
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…his stage plays, which included Progress to the Park and The Rough and Ready Lot, both of which were broadcast in 1958 and produced for the stage in 1959 and which depicted religious and cultural bigotry. The former concerns the destruction of the love between a Protestant boy and a…
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