Synopsis
Husbands and Sons
$12.99 D. H. Lawrence adapted by Ben Power
Published by Faber & Faber
Large Mixed Cast
In Husbands and Sons, Ben Power has interwoven three of D. H. Lawrence's greatest dramas - The Daughter-in-Law, A Collier's Friday Night and The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
Together, they describe the community Lawrence came from with fierce tenderness, evoking a now-vanished world of manual labour and working-class pride
On the cracked border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire stands the village of Eastwood
The women of the village, wives and mothers, struggle to hold their families and their own souls together in the shadow of the great Brinsley pit
Husband and Sons premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2015 in a co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre
REVIEWS
★★★★★ 'A major miner triumph. Dramatic gold' ~ Mail on Sunday
★★★★ 'Burns with sober intensity. A fine-hewn cast' ~ Sunday Times
★★★★ 'Inspired. A compelling evening' ~ Daily Telegraph
★★★★ 'Brilliantly original. Gorgeous' ~ Time Out