Details

Salford 1880. Hobson is a cobbler aiming to marry off his two youngest daughters. Maggie, his eldest at 30, is already an old maid - so she can stay at home and look after him! But Maggie has other ideas and finds herself a husband - and with him they open a rival shoe shop! First produced in 1916.

Cast/Performers

Mark Baxter (Fred Beenstock), Robert Benfield (Jim Heeler), John Branwell (Henry Hobson], Anna-Jane Casey (Maggie), Natalie Casey (Vicky), Rosalie Craig (Alice), Paul Foster (Albert), Paul Kemp (Willy Mossop), Jack McKenzie (Dr MacFarlane), Marianne Morley (Mrs Hepworth), Suzanne Toase (Ada Figgis), Robert Vahey (Tubby Wadlow)

Creatives/Company

Author: Harold Brighouse
Producer: Watermill Theatre
Corporate Sponsor: Newbury Building Society
Director: Timothy Sheader
Design: Jessica Curtis
Lighting: Oliver Fenwick
Music: Grant Parsons