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Salt of the Earth archiveEdinburgh 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.

Cast/Performers

Jack Brady, John Gully, Robert Hudson, Jacqueline Naylor, Lynn Roden, Amy Thompson

Creatives/Company

Author: John Godber
Producer: Hull Truck
Director: John Godber

Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0279512949. Details of all Salt of the Earth archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S546318913

Archive Listings

22 Sep 05
  to
15 Oct 05
Hull Truck Theatre
Hull, Humberside
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