Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton
9 to 14 October 2022
It’s holiday week in the Lancashire town of Hindle, just before the First World War. Fanny Hawthorn, a spirited, determined mill girl, has just returned from a weekend in Blackpool with her friend Mary Hollins. At least that’s what she tells her parents. In fact, she’s been spending the weekend with Alan Jeffcote, a wealthy mill owner’s son who is engaged to someone else. When Fanny’s parents discover the truth, they set out to ensure that Alan will do the decent thing and marry her – only to discover that Fanny has her own ideas on the matter…
One of the first plays to have a working class female protagonist, Hindle Wakes was hugely controversial at the time of its writing.
A 1912 feminist classic.
Cast
Fanny | Niamh Phelan |
Mrs Hawthorn | Linda Batson |
Christopher Hawthorn | Keith Thompson |
Mr Jeffcote | Andy Neve |
Mrs Jeffcote | Val Middleton-Egan |
Alan Jeffcote | Jamie King |
Sir Timothy Farrar | Al Fowkes |
Beatrice Farrar | Jess Trimble |
Alfred | Alex Ashton |
Sponsor
This play is sponsored by: Bike9 1a Moor Lane, Wilmslow | Expert in all things bike |
Backstage
Director | Ian Cole |
Stage Manager | Colette Fitton |
Prompt | Belinda Coghlan, Diana Boswell |
Props/ASM | Ian Cole |
Lighting | Bruce Williams |
Sound | Mark Seyler, Helen Fitton |
Wardrobe | Pat Barrow, Di James |
Rehearsal photographs | Chris Hills |
Ticket secretary | Jane Anderson |