Hobson's Choice
27 July - 1 September
Festival Theatre
By Harold Brighouse
Cast includes John Savident
Photography by Shaun Webb with thanks to James Taylor & Son
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Salford, 1880: overbearing and argumentative small town shoemaker Henry Horatio Hobson believes he can inflict his every whim on the world at large, especially on his three increasingly truculent daughters.
But who wins in this spirited battle of wills - Maggie, Alice, Vickey or Hobson himself?
A heart-warming Victorian comedy and one of the great English plays of the twentieth century, Hobson’s Choice is a joyful and compelling exploration of human relationships.
Brighouse’s plays include Lonesome-Like, The Odd Man Out, The Northerners and Zack. His autobiography, What I Have Had, was published in 1953.
John Savident was a member of Laurence Olivier’s second Chichester company. His work at the National Theatre includes Saint Joan, The Beggar’s Opera and Coriolanus. He was in the original cast of The Phantom of the Opera and is widely known to television audiences as Coronation Street’s Fred Elliott.
Open University Previews 2007 - Offering dramatically reduced prices for the first three performances of this production.
Co-producers and sponsors
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Audio described |
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Press night |
School's Matinee |
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No discount avaliable for this production.
Information
- This production has wheelchair access
- Post show meals are available
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