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

Maxwell Hutcheon (Henry Hobson), Natalie Grady (Maggie Hobson), Michael Shelford (Willie Mossop)

Creatives/Company

Author: Harold Brighouse
Producer(s): Octagon Theatre Bolton, New Vic Theatre Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oldham Coliseum
Director(s): David Thacker, Lesley Hutchison (movement and associate director)
Design: James Cotterill
Lighting: Daniella Beattie
Sound: Andy Smith