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

Barrie Rutter (Henry Horatio Hobson), Rod Arthur (Tubby Wadlow), Emily Aston (Ada Figgins), Cassie Atkinson (Alice Hobson), George Banks (Fred Beenstock), Robin Cameron (Dr MacFarlane), Lennox Greaves (Jim Heeler), Sally Hodgkiss (Vickey Hobson), Philip McGinley (William Mossop), Sue Wallace (Mrs Hepworth), Zoe Waites (Maggie Hobson), Harry Waller (Albert Prosser)

Creatives/Company

Author: Harold Brighouse
Producer: Sheffield Theatres
Director: Christopher Luscombe
Design: Janet Bird
Lighting: Paul Pyant
Music: Alex Baranowski
Sound: Alex Baranowski