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Theatre review: Angel Meadow
Hell on earth in mayhem’s Meadow — PAUL FOLEY reports on a stunning interactive production which catalogues the experience of Irish immigrants in Manchester’s slums
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“Hell upon earth. Everything here arouses horror and indignation.” Thus declared Friedrich Engels about Angel Meadow, the squalid working-class slum in Manchester’s Ancoats district.
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