Rutherford and Son

Synopsis/Company

John Rutherford has built up the business like his father before him and he naturally expects to pass it on to his eldest son. However, his son has other plans. He has something to sell, an invention that will release him from his father's tyranny and a future following in those laborious footsteps. With aspirations to achieve independence, make their own futures and find love, Rutherford's children have choices to make that may jeopardise the business and the family. This Edwardian classic and powerful drama is on a par with the work of Ibsen, Gorky and Granville Barker. It enjoyed huge success in London and New York, and was hailed as 'a remarkable play'.


Performers Barrie Rutter (John Rutherford), Kate Anthony, Andrew Grose, Catherine Kinsella, Wendi Peters, Sara Poyzer, Nicholas Shaw, Richard Standing. Author Githa Sowerby. Company Northern Broadsides. Other Blake Morrison (edited). Director Jonathan Miller. Design Isabella Bywater. Lighting Guy Hoare.