Editing Peterloo Massacre (section)

==Representations in popular culture==

In 1968, in celebration of the centenary of its first meeting, the [[Trades Union Congress]] commissioned British composer [[Malcolm Arnold|Sir Malcolm Arnold]] to write the ''[[Peterloo (overture)|Peterloo Overture]]''. The organist Jonathan Scott recorded a solo work, 'Peterloo 1819', at the parish church in the radical village of Royton in 2017. Scott is a descendant of the wider family of the Peterloo radical Samuel Bamford from nearby Middleton.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXB9dR35bkc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/sXB9dR35bkc| archive-date=2021-11-14 | url-status=live |title='Peterloo 2019' organ solo |last=Scott |first=Jonathan |website=YouTube | date=11 February 2017|access-date=21 March 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Several musical pieces in different genres from rap to oratorio were commissioned and performed in connection with the 2019 Peterloo bicentenary.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://peterloo1819.co.uk/projects/ |title=Projects: From the Crowd, Protest Music |last=Manchester Histories |website=Peterloo 1819 commemoration site |access-date=21 March 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321230418/https://peterloo1819.co.uk/projects/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Other musical commemorations include Harvey Kershaw MBE's folk revival song, which was recorded by the Oldham Tinkers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgLpCjL7X-M (listen)], "Ned Ludd Part 5" on British folk rock group [[Steeleye Span]]'s 2006 album ''[[Bloody Men (album)|Bloody Men]]'', and [[Rochdale]] rock band [[Tractor (band)|Tractor]]'s suite of five songs written and recorded in 1973, later included on their 1992 release ''Worst Enemies''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anon |title=Tractor – Worst enemies |url=https://www.discogs.com/Tractor-Worst-Enemies/release/2977602 |website=Discogs |year=1996 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012054441/https://www.discogs.com/Tractor-Worst-Enemies/release/2977602 |url-status=live }}</ref> The long history of verse about Peterloo is covered in Alison Morgan's 2018 book ''Ballads and Songs of Peterloo.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morgan, Alison |title=Ballads and songs of Peterloo |date=2019 |isbn=978-1-5261-4429-4 |location=Manchester |oclc=1089015511}}</ref> In 2019 a whole volume of essays was devoted to the commemoration of Peterloo, including an essay by Ian Haywood on 'The Sounds of Peterloo' and other contributions covering Hunt, Cobbett, Castlereagh, Bentham, Wordsworth, Shelley, Scotland, and Ireland.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Commemorating Peterloo: violence, resilience and claim-making during the Romantic era |author1=Demson, Michael |author2=Hewitt, Regina |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-4744-2858-3 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |location=Edinburgh |oclc=1124774617}}</ref>

The 2018 [[Mike Leigh]] film ''[[Peterloo (film)|Peterloo]]'' is based on the events at Peterloo.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/movies/peterloo-review.html |title='Peterloo' Review: Political Violence of the Past Mirrors the Present |first=A. O. |last=Scott |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 April 2019 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424215814/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/movies/peterloo-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1947 film ''[[Fame Is the Spur (film)|Fame Is the Spur]]'', based on the Howard Spring [[Fame Is the Spur (novel)|novel of the same name]], depicts the rise of a politician inspired by his grandfather's account of the massacre.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anon |title=Fame Is the Spur |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/fame-is-the-spur |website=Time out |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=Time Out Group Plc |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816171212/https://www.timeout.com/london/film/fame-is-the-spur |url-status=live }}</ref> Recent novels about Peterloo include Carolyn O'Brien's ''The Song of Peterloo''<ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Brien, Carolyn. |title=The Song of Peterloo |date=2019 |publisher=Legend Press |isbn=978-1-78955-076-4 |location=London |oclc=1109775751}}</ref> and Jeff Kaye's ''All the People.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kaye, Jeff |title=All The People |date=2020 |publisher=Matador |isbn=978-1-83859-236-3 |location=[S.l.] |oclc=1115000255}}</ref> The most important fictional treatment remains [[Isabella Banks]]'s 1876 novel, ''[[The Manchester Man (novel)|The Manchester Man]]'', for its author lived in Manchester at the time and wove into her account numerous testimonies she picked up from people who were involved.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Banks |first=Isabella |title=The Manchester Man, 2nd ed., with illustrations and notes |publisher=Abel Heywood |year=1896 |location=Manchester}}</ref> It was also the subject of a graphic novel in 'verbatim' form, ''Peterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre,'' with the story told mainly through words written and spoken at the time.<ref name=":0" />
In 2016, [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] released a [[Doctor Who]] audio adventure based around the events of the Peterloo Massacre.

Sean Cooney, songwriter, folk singer and member of [[The Young'uns]], wrote a work consisting of 15 original songs and a spoken narrative commemorating the Peterloo Massacre. The work received its premiere at [[FolkEast]] on 16 August 2024, the 205th anniversary of Peterloo, with [[Eliza Carthy]] and [[Sam Carter (musician)|Sam Carter]] joining Sean Cooney on the Moot Hall stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seancooney.co.uk/peters-field |title=Peter's Field |author=<!--No author name given.--> |year=2024 |website=Sean Cooney |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819174753/https://www.seancooney.co.uk/peters-field |archive-date=19 August 2024}}</ref>