Details

One of the great post-war English plays, The Contractor also achieves one of the greatest theatrical coups - the raising, lining and dismantling of a huge marquee live on stage! First performed in 1969 (with a young Martin Shaw in the cast), this highly entertaining modern classic was then a major West End and Broadway hit. The Contractor's daughter is getting married and nothing will ever be quite the same again. Centred on a gang of workmen erecting the tent for the wedding, their joking, banter and camaraderie expose the changes happening in society in the Sixties. Funny and heartwarming, The Contractor is a bittersweet tale of three generations of a family, of work and love, hard graft and skiving.

Cast/Performers

Paul Moriarty, Rachel Bell, Katy Odey, James Cash, Robert Oates, Ann Penfold, Terence Booth, John Lloyd Fillingham, Ferdy Roberts, David Ganly, Sean Gleeson

Creatives/Company

Author: David Storey
Company(s): Oxford Stage Company, Derby Playhouse
Director: Sean Holmes
Design: Anthony Lamble
Lighting: Simon Bennison

The Contractor

The Contractor (Play) production archive for QTIX code T420863688. Details of all The Contractor archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1818263512

Archive Listings

14 May 02 to 18 May 02	Greenwich Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
7 May 02 to 11 May 02	Theatre Royal Wakefield Wakefield, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
30 Apr 02 to 4 May 02	Harrogate Theatre Harrogate, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
23 Apr 02 to 27 Apr 02	Playhouse Salisbury, Wiltshire Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Apr 02 to 20 Apr 02	Theatr Clwyd Mold, Flintshire Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Apr 02 to 13 Apr 02	Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive

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