Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians

Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians is a 2005 stage show, which is part of the "Live on Stage" series in the Horrible Histories franchise.^[1] The show was created by the Birmingham Stage Company. It was released along with Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors. Both of the shows run at 2 hours. including a 15-minute interval.^[2] Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians in bogglevision visited theatres around Britain in 2010 in a production from the Birmingham Stage Company. These plays were written by Terry and were a hit in their 2006 tour.^[3] The show premiered at the Civic Theatre, Darlington on 20 Sep 2005.^[4]

It is based on the Horrible Histories book Vile Victorians, written by Terry Deary.

Synopsis

The play explores themes such as Victorian inventions, mines and factories, and the Charge of the Light Brigade.^[5]

Reception

Birmingham Mail gave the Belgrade Theatre production 4 stars out of 5, commenting "Birmingham Stage Company has cleverly adapted [Vile Victorians] for live stage. Chapters are turned into short scenes with an atmospheric movie backdrop, which in the second half becomes 3D. Four wonderfully energetic actors do an excellent job of informing and interacting.^[6] Sunderland Echo said "In truth, the plot was incidental to the stories being told, which amused and repulsed in equal measure", and noted "to keep the interest going, there was plenty of audience participation, nods to popular culture and a second half which featured a Boggle-Vision 3D animation as a stage backdrop."^[7]

References

↑ http://www.playhousewhitleybay.co.uk/events/4869/horrible-histories-the-terrible-tudors-the-vile-victorians
↑ http://www.belgrade.co.uk/event/the-vile-victorians
↑ "Theatre - Terry Deary". Terry Deary: Best Selling Author & Television Personality. Terry Deary Limited. 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
↑ http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsD/deary-terry.html
↑ http://horrible-histories.co.uk/tv-stage/702/horrible-histories-show-now-touring
↑ http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/theatre/review-horrible-histories--vile-2520707
↑ http://www.sunderlandecho.com/what-s-on/theatre/review-horrible-histories-the-vile-victorians-playhouse-whitley-bay-1-5586605

Horrible Histories

Book series (1993)

Television

Live-action series	Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry (2011) Prom (2011) 2015 Revival List of episodes

Animated series (2001)
Gory Games (2011)

Stage shows

The Mad Millennium (1999)
Terrible Tudors (2005)
Vile Victorians (2005)
Awful Egyptians (2007)
Ruthless Romans (2007)
Nottingham (2008)
Frightful First World War (2009)
Blitzed Brits (2009)
Barmy Britain (2012)
Horrible Christmas (2013)
Groovy Greeks (2015)
Incredible Invaders (2015)
Wicked Warwick (2015)

Exhibitions

Funfair of Fear (2000)
Frightful First World War (2008)
Terrible Trenches (2009)
Spies (2013)
Rotten Rationing (2013)
Plague, Poverty and Prayer (2013)
Blitzed Brits at IWM North (2015)

Games and toys

Horrible Histories World (2011)
Horrible Histories Battle Arena (2013)

Spin-offs

Horrible Science	Book series (1996) Stage show (2010) Horrible Science of Submarines exhibition (2013) TV series (2015)

Totally (formerly The Knowledge) (1997)
Murderous Maths (1997)
Truly Terrible Tales (1997)
The Spark Files (1998)
10 Best Ever! (formerly Top Ten) (1998)
Horrible Geography (1999)
Horribly Famous (formerly Dead Famous) (1999)
Twisted Tales (1999)
What They Don't Tell You About... (1999)
Foul Football (2000)
Time Detectives (2000)
America's Funny But True History (2001)
Boring Bible (2003)
Terry Deary's Tales (2003)
Wild Lives (2003)
Fair Dinkum Histories (2006)

Key people and companies

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