A Sheffield Theatres Production
The Daughter-in-Law
by D.H. Lawrence
Public Dress Rehearsal
Preview
Talkback
Audio Described
Signed
Captioned
Access Performances: See Dates & Times tab
Presented at Crucible Theatre
Running time: aprox. 2 hours 15 mins (including an interval of 20 mins)
‘My son’s my son till he ta’es him a wife…’
It’s 1912 in a Derbyshire mining town and strike action looms. But it’s strife at home that hurts all the more. After their long courtship the Gascoignes’ short honeymoon is well and truly over.
Ambitious Minnie is still trying to disentangle miner Luther from his mother’s apron strings when a pre-marital dalliance makes a reappearance and blows the marriage apart. Will his mother have to pick up the pieces? Or will events at the pit decide all their fates for them?
The bonds between a mother and her sons, between husband and wife, between desire and freedom, are stretched to breaking point.
One of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, by the author of Sons and Lovers.
| Wed 27 Feb | 7:30pm | Public Dress Rehearsal | £1.00 | Currently Unavailable |
| Thu 28 Feb | 7:30pm | Preview | £10.00 | |
| Fri 1 Mar | 7:30pm | Preview | £10.00 | |
| Sat 2 Mar | 7:30pm | Preview | £10.00 | |
| Mon 4 Mar | 7:00pm | £10.00 | ||
| Tue 5 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Wed 6 Mar | 2:30pm | £15.00 | ||
| Wed 6 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Thu 7 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Fri 8 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Sat 9 Mar | 2:30pm | £15.00 | ||
| Sat 9 Mar | 7:30pm | £21.00 | ||
| Tue 12 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Wed 13 Mar | 2:30pm | £15.00 | ||
| Wed 13 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Thu 14 Mar | 7:30pm | Talkback, Audio Described, Signed | £19.00 | |
| Fri 15 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Sat 16 Mar | 2:30pm | £15.00 | ||
| Sat 16 Mar | 7:30pm | £21.00 | ||
| Tue 19 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Wed 20 Mar | 2:30pm | £15.00 | ||
| Wed 20 Mar | 7:30pm | Captioned | £19.00 | |
| Thu 21 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Fri 22 Mar | 7:30pm | £19.00 | ||
| Sat 23 Mar | 2:30pm | £15.00 | ||
| Sat 23 Mar | 7:30pm | £21.00 |
4 stars Daily Telegraph
‘highly charged’
‘The air crackles with erotic tension’
‘the intelligent freshness of Miller’s direction, and of the performances…reveals emotional truth in a play that in other hands might have become a mere period piece.’
‘beautifully lit by Mark Doubleday’ 4 stars The Times
‘the cast are beautifully at home…(and) invigorate their characters perfectly’
‘Simon Daw’s set is immaculately period’
4 stars The Guardian
The Cast
Lynda Baron
Mrs Gascoyne
David Chafer
Cabman
Andrew Hawley
Joe
Philip McGinley
Luther
Marlene Sidaway
Mrs Purdy
Creatives
Paul Miller
Director
Simon Daw
Designer
Mark Doubleday
Lighting Designer
Charmian Hoare
Dialect Coach
Terry Davies
Composer
