Peterloo Massacre Peterloo Massacre The Peterloo Massacre occurred at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, on 16 August 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000–80,000 who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation. The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 had resulted in periods of famine and chronic unemployment, exacerbated by the introduction of the first of the Corn Laws. By the beginning of 1819, the pressure generated by poor economic conditions, coupled with the relative lack of suffrage in Northern England, had enhanced the appeal of political radicalism. In response, the Manchester Patriotic Union, a group agitating
Peterloo (film) scene at the beginning of the film, when a lonely figure is seen walking along the marshes. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64%, based on 53 reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Peterloo" proves writer-director Mike Leigh's populist anger remains undimmed - but that righteous fury occasionally overpowers the narrative." Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". https://www.mandy.com/news/vanity-fair-tv-series-peterloo-film-paul-biddiss# Peterloo (film) Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, directed and written by Mike Leigh,