Cast

Synopsis

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Directors Notes

This delightful little comedy written by the well known authors Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall has in it the ingredients of all good Theatre, a clearly laid plot using as a story that which is common to many people nowadays, namely, the demolition of old property and the rehabilitation which follows.

But the “uprooting” as such can be felt in various ways by the people concerned, and it is this serious but underlying theme that is doubtless in this play. They only want the simple things in life, but these simple things are to them really beautiful. As Deanna tenderly says “You can’t have beautiful things Mother. Who do you think you are?”

The Hesseltine family are not poor. They are ordinary “Bratford” work-a-day fowk and not above making a bob or two on the side, as it were. In their upsets, trials and tribulations we laugh but it is not derisive laughter for theirs is a hard-felt struggle. At times there is pathos and like many stoic people they smile bravely though there is a tear in the eye.

The language is raw and raucous but never vulgar or obscene. It is merely “Of the language that men do speak” .

Enjoy then this piece of good Theatre for remember it could easily be our lot! Do you remember the row of little cottages opposite this very theatre?