Salt of the Earth

Archive Listings for Salt of the Earth

T0953423909 (TOBACCO11) Producer Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Director Sue Wilson.
15 Jun 11 to 25 Jun 11	The Tobacco Factory, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L708000130
T0602055750 (FARNWORTH09) Producer Farnworth Little Theatre. Director Dave Eyre.
14 Mar 09 to 21 Mar 09	Farnworth Little Theatre, Bolton :: V481 listing details L433942333
T0279512949 (HULLTRUCK05) Producer Hull Truck. Director John Godber. Performer Jack Brady. Performer John Gully. Performer Robert Hudson. Performer Jacqueline Naylor. Performer Lynn Roden. Performer Amy Thompson.
22 Sep 05 to 15 Oct 05	Hull Truck Theatre, Hull :: V935 listing details L1835150066
T0876927727 (WAKE01) Company Wakefield Little Theatre.
29 May 01	Theatre Royal and Opera House, Wakefield :: V979 listing details L0571339249
T1250808686 (THIRD00) Company Third Nail.
23 Nov 00 to 25 Nov 00	Arts Centre, Rotherham :: V960 listing details L656112448

Details

Play :: Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award 1988. Winner of 5 Joseph Jefferson Awards Chicago 1989. A humorous, affectionate and touching story of life in the West Yorkshire coalfields, spanning two generations from 1947 to 1988. Capturing the ambitions, joys, fears and disappointments of sisters Annie and May Parker and May’s son Paul, as he tries to achieve academic success and fulfilment away from the mining community in which he grew up. Successfully weaving humour and pathos together as the family start to build their lives only to slowly fall apart as the outside world presses in. This is a rollercoaster journey across nearly four decades. Capturing the ambitions, joys, fears and disappointments of sisters Annie and May Parker and May's son Paul as he tries to achieve academic success and fulfilment away from the mining community in which he grew up. Successfully weaving humour and pathos together as the family start to build their lives only to slowly fall apart as the outside world presses in. This is a rollercoaster journey across nearly four decades.

Author

John Godber