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1	Adapted from the 2010 film of the same name, ''Made in Dagenham'' is a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory dramatisation of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists' strike]] that would lead to the 1970 Equal Pay Act. The play follows the life of Rita O'Grady and her efforts to ensure equal pay for women.
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3	The musical made its West End and world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in 2014 and was nominated for two Laurence Olivier Awards in 2016.
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6	!!This musical play contains examples of:
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8	* BuffySpeak: Clare seems completely incapable of referring to objects and subjects by their name, to the point that her song, "Wossname", consists entirely of BlahBlahBlah.
9	* TheChainsOfCommanding: Prime Minister Harold Wilson frequently laments the stressful nature of his job. His song, "Always a Problem", best exemplifies it. Even hearing the word "debt" leaves him clutching his chest in horror.
10	-->'''Harold:''' [[Theatre/HenryV Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.]]
11	* TheDitz: Clare. To quote her friends:
12	-->'''Rita:''' Your heart's in the right place, Clare.
13	-->'''Beryl:''' But they fucked everything else up.
14	* {{Eagleland}}: Mr Tooley is a firm Type II, proudly declaring America the Top Dog of the world and dismissing Great Britain as the fifty-first state.
15	* FieryRedhead: Multiple times throughout the play, the phrase "fiery like her hair" is used to describe Barbara Castle.
16	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Being set in Great Britain in 1968, UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson makes a number of appearances, as does [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Castle Barbara Castle]].
17	* IWantSong: "This Is What We Want" lists the women's desires for improved working conditions at the factory, from the simple to the slightly impractical.
18	* KickTheDog: Mr Tooley destroys Connie's written speech for the [=TUC=] Conference.
19	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By destroying Connie's speech, Tooley unwittingly allows Rita to make a passionate and heartfelt speech of her own to the conference that successfully persuades the [=TUC=] to make equal pay a core policy.
20	* ReluctantHero: Rita has to sacrifice more and more time for the machinists' strike, leading to less and less time with her family.
21	* SirSwearsALot: Beryl. Nearly all of her lines have at least one swearword.
22	* TakeUpMySword: When Connie ends up hospitalised with cancer, she calls upon Rita to speak at the[=TUC=] Conference in her stead, [[spoiler:leaving behind her written speech upon her death]].
23	* TakingTheKids: As the play goes on, Eddie and Rita's relationship sours, leading to Eddie taking Sharon and Graham away to his mother's.

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