Details

Husbands and Sons interweaves three of D H Lawrence's greatest dramas, and plays them simultaneously. Describing the world he came from with fierce tenderness, Lawrence evokes a now-vanished world of manual labour and working class pride. It's risky work, handlin' men, my lass. For when a woman builds 'er life on men, either 'usbands or sons, she builds on summat as sooner or later brings the 'ouse down crash on 'er head - yi, she does. On the cracked border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire stands the village of Eastwood. The women of the village, wives and mothers, struggle to hold their families and their own souls together in the shadow of the great Brinsley pit.

Cast/Performers

Anne-Marie Duff (Lizzie Holroyd), Joe Armstrong, Matthew Barker, John Biggins, Cassie Bradley, Louise Brealey, Susan Brown, Julia Ford, Johnny Gibbon, Tala Gouveia, Lloyd Hutchinson, Philip McGinley, Martin Marquez, Katherine Pearce, Josie Walker, Sue Wallace, Flynn Allen (Jack Holroyd some performances), Tommy Roger (Jack Holroyd some performances), Oliver Finnigan (Jack Holroyd some performances)

Creatives/Company

Author: DH Lawrence
Adapted by: Ben Power
Producer(s): National Theatre, Royal Exchange Theatre
Director(s): Marianne Elliott, Scott Graham (movement director), Kate Waters (fight director)
Design(s): Bunny Christie, Tal Rosner (video design)
Lighting: Lucy Carter
Music: Adrian Sutton
Sound: Ian Dickinson